Wow!!!Jenny it’s wonderful; start a factory to replicate multiple copies asap
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From: Jenny Bounds [
Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 6:27 PM
To: 'canberra birds' <>
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Bird themed flu face mask
Greetings, and thanks for the feedback from some of you. Here is my first Scarlet Robin flu face mask. I will be field testing it at the physio tomorrow, to make sure it’s the right thickness and I can breathe OK.
I am also making a couple for the Conservation Council’s on-line fundraising auction.
Thank you Martin Butterfield who sized photo small for circulation.
Ive submitted it for Gang-gang.
Cheers
Jenny
From: Jenny Bounds
Sent: Monday, 30 March 2020 8:54 AM
To: 'canberra birds' <>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Bird themed flu face mask
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/
