Being creative can be great therapy! It's one of the things I enjoy .... and I don't do it often enough. Maybe one of the reasons is that I have too many kinds of creative that I enjoy, and there's not enough time to do them all!
Writing. Photography. Scrapbooking.
And now .... masks for this COVID thing.
Arizona is beginning to open things up, altho Walmart and grocery stores have been open the whole time.
But one of the requirements for being open is having to wear masks. And the paper ones are horrible to wear for an 8 hour shift! By the end of the day, the paper fibers begin to break down and you feel as if you've swallowed a roll of TP.
So I decided to make some masks. I made a couple rudimentary ones on my own -- no pattern, but they slip up and off the chin, the nose, etc. And they were hand stitched and begin unraveling with each wash. These were a pattern, and are sewed so that they won't unravel. And the fact is they were fun to create!
Since it requires setting up a table and getting my sewing machine out of storage, I don't do sewing projects often. The machine is set up, so I'll probably sew up just a few more tomorrow before I pack it all away again. I was lucky to have most of this fabric on hand. I'm a little bit on the weird side, I'm a very tactile person and have always loved fabrics. When I worked in the fabric dept, I was always bringing home bit and pieces that I liked a lot! Who knew that there would come a day when I was thankful that I kept what I did. haha The only thing I purchased was a pack of skinny hair bands. Not bad for a $3.50 investment and a few spare hours!
When the going gets tough,
the tough get creative!
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