Bird themed flu face mask

[Jenny Bounds <>]

Martin, Ive half  finished one and will advise when its ready.   I can take a photo, but not sure how to minimise the size to circulate as attachment on chat line.   May have to send individually to those who are interested.

 

Or maybe I can get it published in Gang-gang, that’s a thought.

 

Cheers

Jenny

 

 

 

From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Monday, 30 March 2020 8:58 AM
To: Jenny Bounds <>
Cc: canberra birds <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Bird themed flu face mask

 

Excellent.  Do you have a selfie of the finished product?

 

Martin Butterfield

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 08:53, Jenny Bounds <> wrote:

Thinking up useful activities for self-isolation, yesterday I downloaded a flu face mask pattern from the internet, and got out my 50+ years old sewing machine.  I used a new tea towel as fabric for the outer layer (a dense material including denim will do), and managed to find various scraps for lining, elastic etc in the old sewing box.  The prototype looks pretty good.  I have another tea towel with Scarlet Robins on it, so that will be the next productions. 

 

Cheers

Jenny

 

Link to the pattern which has video on how to make.  I made my pattern slightly larger, about 5-7 mm.  This pattern has a pocket for a P2 filter which I don’t have, so I cannibalised a (new) soft P2 mask I had for the bushfire smoke.  From what Ive read, double fabric/felt type material as insert could do the job.

 

https://kdcq.com/flu-mask-pattern-and-instructional-video/

 

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