Hi everyone, due to the global pandemic of coronavirus, there is a shortage of face masks pretty much everywhere right now. So hospitals are actually calling out of people to help by making fabric masks that can help add an pinch to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. So I'm going to show you today how to make a mask. This will be our pattern. It's the only one piece that you need which comes from this one-page PDF that I will link to at the bottom. Apart from that, all you need is a sewing machine, some threads and needles, the basics, and then some blame cotton. The first thing we're going to do is make some ribbons which we're just going to make out of the same cotton that we're going to be using for our mask. So we just measure the 6cm wide strap. That's like what, two and a bit of an inch. And just cut into it and then since this is cotton. So we just want these long strips like this. Fold the ribbon in half and press it down. Then use that fold as a guide to fold the outer edges inwards. Then fold the entire thing in half and press it down again so that the edges are locked on the inside. So we now have our ribbon. So we're going to sew along this open edge here making sure to catch both layers of them. We're going to cut this into 35cm strips. You need four for one mask. So at the very end of the strip, we're going to fold this back once and then fold this back a second time. All right for ribbons, we're going to go with this side to make one mask. You need to shape four times. This time I'm going to do two in one go like this. We've got to shape four times. Now we can assemble our mask. Put these two identical halves together with the good sides together. And then we're going to be sewing along this long curved edge here. Nice time to assemble our mask. We got our four ribbons here and we got two of these. So place this first one down with the good sides. That means the side where there's no seam on the top. Making sure that you know which side is the no side. And then the other one, place it down with also the good sides against good side there so that all of the seams are on the outside, on both sides. But here on one side, we're going to leave an opening through which we later going to turn our mask inside out. So we're going to start here and then we go all the way around our mask until we come back here and then this little piece we're going to leave open. Now in addition from every corner we're going to have to attach a little ribbon and you do that by sliding the ribbon between the masks like this. Stick out of it there and then sew it in place. So all the way around the mask except here where it left this opening where it was sticking out. Like this. Then we're going to use our iron to make this look a bit better. The side where we have the opening we want to make sure you fold that seam allowance inside. I think that's left to do now is to edge stitch all the way around our mask. So by edge, that's edge stitch. I mean we're going to be sewing a long this edge here quite close to the edge and in doing so we're going to stabilize our mask but also going to close this opening. One face mask done. Now if I just say make these upper straps a bit longer but the part from that this is fine. You can still read through it it's cotton which will give you some filtration. Now go and make a bunch so that for yourself you're family but also for healthcare workers who are looking for them. Once again the link to this pattern is available.