Please email Jackie at office@northmadisoncc.org, if you are planning to sew. Thank you for sharing your love with for our first responders and vulnerable population by making masks!
If you/your organization need masks, please reach out to Robin Chasse: rsncob@allpointstech.com
Completed masks should be left in the bin by the Circle Nursery entrance, in Ziploc gallon bags. If child-sized, please bag separately and label Ziploc bag accordingly. Please email Jackie in the church office to let her know how many completed masks you have left in the bin, office@northmadisoncc.org, so that we can get them delivered timely.
To become a mask-maker, you will need fabric and supplies. Check with local fabric centers for current sales on supplies.
There are many mask patterns available online, but here is one pattern tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMkW469NNc
Please note that face masks with pocket for filter are preferable but not required. A variety of items may be used as a “filter”, for further protection (e.g. cotton shirts, coffee filters). If you have questions as you begin to sew, you may reach Kate Summerlin at summerlin.kate@gmail.com.
Ideas for sourcing elastic & elastic substitutions include:
- Elastic from seam of a fitted sheet. If elastic is wider than ¼”, cut down with pinking shears to avoid unraveling; it will unravel with a straight shear
- Thin elastic removed from paper party hats
- Thin sport, flat, headbands; cut in 6” lengths
- ¼” ribbon, seam binding or fabric ties (adjustable for head size)
- Make T-Shirt “yarn” for ties – https://www.infarrantlycreative.net/how-to-make-t-shirt-yarn/?crlt.pid=camp.No06n1b3bqta
- Take apart bungy cords and they are filled with many elastic bands
