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How To Make Homemade Face Masks To Prevent Coronavirus?
In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO (World Health Organization) encourages people to wear face masks when going out and washing hands frequently to prevent being infected. However, as the disease has been rising rapidly and unexpectedly, the face marks storage for hospitals are running out. Therefore, it is better to make face masks for your family and yourself. This article would like to show you how to make it in a simple way, whether you have cheap sewing machines for beginners or not. Let’s read the article below to get useful information.Firstly, also the most important step is choosing the right fabric to make a face mask. The best fabric for homemade masks is tightly woven, which is 100% cotton fabric. All materials you have to prepare are two rectangle pieces of cotton fabric. Its sizes are approximately 9 inches x 7 inches each. You need to prepare elastic strings or ribbon with a length of nearly 40 inches to make the mask’s strap and a small metal piece to keep the mask fixed on your nose.Here is the instruction to make a DIY mask, you can sew it by using sewing machines or sew by hand (every step is the same). In the first step, you have to identify which is the front side of the fabric-the side that you want people to see. Facing these two “right” sides so that all their edges are matching. Next, sew almost all the way around the rectangles but don’t forget to leave a small gap open on the long side. I suggest that the top 9” seam (2.5-3 stitch length is the best) with ¼ “ length allowance. At the gap, pull the fabric through to turn the rectangle right-side-out. Remember to add the metal piece, which will help to hold the mask on your nose, inside the rectangles. Fold the fabric to create the spaced pleats for the mask, the pin them to keep them in the right direction. Once the pleats are pinned, use the sewing machine that you bought after reading the starter sewing machine reviews to sew the way around the rectangle’s perimeter. This step is to keep the pleats in the right place and also close the gap that you just left in the previous steps. At the final step, sew the straps to the mask so that you can wear it. Remember to estimate the strap length before fixing it on the rectangle because the face’s size of adults will different from children’s. To ensure the efficiency and safety, please make sure that the masks will fit with those who wear it.In this sensitive time, professionals suggest that having a handmade face mask is still better than having nothing. No matter if you used the best first sewing machine to make it or you sewed it by hand, it is still efficient.Remember that keeping yourself safe means you are helping to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in society. Thank you for reading and stay safe.Forum Role: Participant
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