Have you had a shot at making your own face mask yet? | A Mum's World

Not 'have you cracked?' and tried to have more than five people over, book an international flight or run the state borders during lockdown; I'm asking if you've had a shot at making your own face mask yet?

I'm currently ironing some bugs out of version number three; my second edition was a bit sticky-outy on the sides and the elastic pulled my ears forward.

As we go to press, or should I say - as I scribble these notes in blue Biro in one hand whilst stuffing Cheezels in my mouth with the other - it is not a legal requirement for we rural Victorians to mask-up.

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My sister, on the other hand, is living in the danger zone in Melbourne, so she's got her sewing machine pedal to the metal making face masks for herself and her three primary school aged offspring.

Tam's children can't actually go anywhere of course, but when they are allowed to hit the playgrounds again, look out! Meanwhile, my little sister's looking pretty spiffy in her fashionable face mask at the supermarket, when she's game to go.

For me, a good excuse to play with fancy fabrics is always welcome, so when a girlfriend said she needed a face mask for her uni student son in the city, I hit the shops for styling ideas.

You can go in almost any direction you like with fabric designs these days.

There's the skull and cross bones for some, Harry Potter or the Avengers for others, but for me, pop art, Peppa Pig and Pooh Bear, Star Wars, florals, every colour of the rainbow and The Very Hungry Caterpillar were all vying for my attention.

Luckily, when all the components are sourced, a simple face mask is one of the easiest things you could attempt to sew.

It's true, I did manage to stuff it up the first time around.

I was probably too tired when I started late in the evening. I quickly completed steps one, two and three, only to find that at step four when I turned the project the right way out, I had securely sewn the elastic fasteners on the inside!

'Sew' what; I disguised my mistake and continued the masquerade.