Sewing a Fitted Mask. I have a YouTube video that walks you through this pattern. Here is the pattern
Fitted mask instructions:
Materials:
Wire for nose piece (I use 22 or 24 gage coated floral wire)
Tea towel for filter
2 different fabrics
Cut 2 each of the full pattern for the outer layer. Cut 2 of a different fabric with the pattern
folded for the inner layer. Cut 2 from
the tea towel with the pattern folded for the filter layer.
Sew ¼” along the curved outer edge of each of the 3 pairs of
fabric. Clip the curve. Press the seams.
Cut 7-8” of the wire and fold in half, twisting together. Attach the wire across the bridge of the nose
(1/2” from the edge) of the filter piece using a zigzag stitch. Put a dab of
hot glue over the cut ends of the wire and place a tiny scrap of tea towel over
the glue. Be careful to keep the glue
close to the wire and far away from the edge of the fabric where you will be
sewing.
Pin the 3 layers together in the following order: outer
layer right side up, inner layer right side down, tea towel layer wire side
up. Pin across the top and bottom of the
mask. Sew top and bottom edge of the
mask with ¼” seam. Turn and press, keeping the hot iron away from the area with
hot glue.
Top stitch along the top edge of the mask. Top stitch down near the center seam (sewing
from top to bottom). Top stitch along
the bottom edge of the mask. Press under
the casing edge of the outer layer ¼”, and again ½” making a casing for
elastic. Stitch close to the edge of the
casing. Clip threads. If using elastic, thread one piece through one
casing and then through the other casing making a continuous loop.
Filter pocket variation: after you clip the curves and press
the seams of the individual pieces, take the inner layer and press under ¼” to ½”
of the side edge. Sew in place. Continue pattern as normal.
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