Hey guys it's Melanie Ham welcome back
to my channel today's video we're gonna
make this 10-minute face mask. I was
hesitating to make these because there
was a lot of debate about whether they
were even effective or not there's also
lots of other great tutorials already
out there but last night Mayor Garcetti
here in Los Angeles recommended that
when you are going out anywhere to
please wear these and so I figure it
would be really helpful for you guys
have tutorial not to mention y'all I'm
messaging me every day asking for one so
this is gonna include elastic I do have
a ties video coming as well but the
elastic ones are the ones that I've been
making let's just jump right in I'm
gonna show you how to make these about
10 minutes really quick and easy. This is
two layers of fabric first thing we're
gonna do this is like the easiest one
super fast if you're gonna donate these
they need to be two different types of
fabric that way medical professionals
know which side has been toward their
face which side has been out just to
keep it clean and for you to to know
which way the mask goes. Right sides
together and then what we'll do is we're
going to sew all the way around it
leaving a hole and the elastic is going
to go here on the inside from this end
to that end but that'll be on the inside.
So I'm just gonna go ahead and clip
those into place. There's one
let's go sew! I'm using polyester thread
and along the long side I'm going to
leave an opening that way we can flip it
right side out half inch seam allowance
or so. back stitch
when you get to the corner I'm going to
go back and forth several times over
that elastic
pivot
hey when we get back to the beginning
leave a little bit of a hole back stitch
you can trim your corners. take a little
bit of that bulk out okay then send it
right side out use your finger to pop
out those corners iron your seams just
quickly just to make sure that they're
laying nice and flat before we sew it
around
I'm not inserting wire or anything into
it because I don't have any A and B I
tried pipe cleaners and they just did
not work. so I'm just gonna go for it
like it is right here this is where our
opening is I'm gonna have that be at the
bottom before we get started I want to
make three marks with just a
water-soluble pen I'm gonna use the
marks here on my machine. It doesn't have
to be super scientific okay so here
again is our opening that's gonna be on
the bottom and I'm gonna show you how to
do your pleats with your seam ripper
makes it really easy fast you want to
iron it or pin it or anything. I'm gonna
have a little bit less seam allowance so
I'm gonna move my needle position over
slightly okay we're starting at the top
right of our mask from the front side so
this is my front this is my back
although it doesn't really matter
back stitch. ok I'm gonna grab my
seam ripper I'm gonna go where that mark
is tuck that in there and then rotate it
up
and then again for the second mark. see
how that's going and then for the third
mark
okay we're gonna go back the exact same
way we're going to mimic the pleats from
our other side so that the pleats are
the same direction
back around the top now
and then I'm gonna go around it one more
time I'm gonna back stitch over those
pleats a little bit more just because
these are going to go through hot washes
they're gonna get washed a ton used a
time yanked on so one make sure
everything is really secure
all right that's it what'd you guys
think not too bad right leave me any
questions down below check out the blog
post as always we'll have everything
written out not to mention other tips
and tricks that I found like both sides
need to be different colors that way you
know what side is contaminated when
you're out and about if you take it off
it is double sided though so you can use
either side
I'm not pre watching my fabric
beforehand because some of these I'm
using scraps but then I will wash them
when I'm done making them I put them in
a lingerie bag or like a mesh bag wash
them on hot these need to be a hundred
percent cotton a really high quality
cotton that can be washed really
rigorously over and over again and if
you don't have elastic you can use hair
ties or hair bands like from the dollar
store you can cut those up and use that
there's some different ways you can
utilize elastic or once I have that ties
video done I will link that down below
as well but I hope you all are staying
safe and healthy all my best wishes to
you guys so I'll see you in the next
video. Bye!
