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From YouTube: How to make a face mask with Katy

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In this video Katy shows you how to make a face mask. This craft activity is aimed at adults due to the sewing involved. These are not meant to be used as medical masks, just for when you are out and about, going to the shops or using public transport. Here is the link to the pattern used in the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z_JX0URwc9Gcr9qFFOiNdN_5Bzz3D4-Z/view?usp=sharing

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Hello: everyone, my name, is Katie and welcome to another library, craft video in this video I'm, going to be showing you how you can make some face, masks from fabric at home, and it's important to wear face masks at the moment, especially when you're on public transport. It's now compulsory, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a video to show you how you can turn some fabric or maybe an old t-shirt into a face mask and usually the videos I make for BCP.

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Libraries are children's activities, but this video is aimed at adults due to the sewing. That's involved. So without further ado. Let's go on with the craft video, so for this craft you will need some fabric. This can either be craft fabric like I used or you can maybe cut up an old t-shirt. Maybe it has a hole in it and you need to upcycle it. This is a perfect opportunity.

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You also need a pattern for the mask which I have made and you can download it in the description below and you also need scissors needle and thread pins elastic and some embellishments. If you want to decorate your mask.

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So, to begin with, you need to get your fabric and fold it in half with the pattern side or the front side inwards like I'm doing here, and then you need to cut out the paper pattern and place it on the fabric and you attach it using some pins. You can get pins in most sewing kits. You maybe have a sewing kit lying around at home.

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Maybe you've picked one up from a hotel sometime or you just have one or you can just pick them up from your local supermarket quite cheaply, and you just need to attach your pattern to your fabric with pins, just to secure it in place and once it is secured in place. You then need to cut out your fabric like this, and this only needs to be a rough cut because we're going to be sewing it and the edge will be on the inside of the mask.

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So you would see it so this only needs to be a rough shape. Don't worry too much if it is a bit of a jagged edge, because cutting fabric can be quite tricky.

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So once you have completely cut to your mask, you don't need to remove the paper pattern and put it to one side and then attach the pins to the fabric again and then sew along the top and the bottom or along the long edges like I'm doing here, and you need to leave a gap of about a stitch at each end and a gap of about a stitch from the top and the bottom and when I'm sewing.

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These I am sewing a normal running stitch all the way along and then going back and filling in the gaps with another running stitch, all the way back and then you have both ends to tie together quite neatly, and you don't have to worry too much again about being neat necessarily. But you just need to make sure that the line use. So it's quite neat because this will define the shape of your mask about the size of your stitches.

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Don't have to be necessarily even because they all be hidden, and once you have sewn along the top and the bottom of your mask, you then can turn it inside out or the right way around like I'm doing here and just make sure you shape the mask properly like this, and then we can actually elastic. So first, you need to fold down the seams like this into the inside and pin it down, and you do that with both ends.

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This means that we won't have the edge of the fabric and it won't fray, and then you need to cut some elastic and you can get this elastic again in sewing kits or from your supermarket, and you need to cut them about 22 centimetres or you need two pieces, and you need to just pop the piece of elastic inside and sew along quite neatly and using maybe some quite small stitching and go over it a few times just to secure it in place, and you need to do that with both ends.

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Just poke the elastic into the fabric, open gap and sew along like I'm doing here, and you need to do this with both sides of the mask and I did this before sewing it up, because you can then test back to your mask fits you properly before you sew up the ends, and once you have got your mask in place and you're happy of the shape or where the elastic sits.

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We need to sew the edges up like this, and this needs to maybe be a little bit neater than you did before, because this will be on display. But don't worry too much, it's more important that the mask fits you and is functional. You just need to do this with both sides.

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Maybe you can sit down and evening and make these masks when you're watching TV or when you're listening to you and nice audio, but it can be quite relaxing to do a bit of sewing and once you have sewed both of your sides in place, you can add some embellishments if you want to, because my sewing was a little bit untidy over the elastic part and it stood out a little bit so I've added four buttons to mine, but you can add sequins.

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If you want to it's totally up to you, you can style your mask. However, you like because you're the one that has to wear it and yes I'm, just adding a couple of buttons I'm, adding two of the same buttons biannually to each other, but you can add for the same buttons or for different buttons. It's completely up to you and then, once you have sewn your embellishments on, you are ready to wear your mask and you can make as many masks as you want to.

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Maybe you can make some for your whole family, your friends, if you've got quite a lot of fabric lying around. These are really easy to make and you can upcycle some old clothing easily and also these will make your masks, nice and unique. But remember these aren't proper medical masks. They just masks for going out and about and you can wash them as well. If we so often just to keep them nice and clean- and here is my finished mask there we go so thank you for watching, and everyone stay safe.

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