7 Free DIY Mask Patterns You Can Make During the Coronavirus Pandemic

If you’re looking for Free DIY Mask Patterns, you’ve come to the right place.

I love to sew.

When I travel with the kids, I miss my Juki sewing machines. Unfortunately, I am without access to my machines or supplies during lockdown in France. This means I can’t use a machine to make any protective, non-surgical masks to give, gift, or make for my family during the COVID-19 – Coronavirus – pandemic.

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However, this hasn’t stopped me from deeply admiring the mask making efforts that many sewers, artisans, and first time sewers are doing to support the medical profession, emergency personnel, essential workers, individuals at risk, and communities. So much respect to you all. And thank you.

Mask Patterns Online

I’ve noticed during my ‘free time’ during confinement that there are some really great, FREE mask patterns online. While I haven’t had the chance to try these patterns, I’m listing some links here so hopefully you or someone you know can make one (or many).

The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) now advises “the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others.”  According to the CDC, “Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.”

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7 Free DIY Mask Patterns

If you have a fabric stash, an old pile of scraps, or some old clothing that you’re willing to cut up, and some simple materials, you can quickly whip up a mask (or several) using the free patterns, templates, and tutorials below.

I would love to see your Free DIY mask creations! Tag your photos @wanderschooling on Instagram

  1. Center for Disease Control Sew and No Sew Face Cover Making Instructions. For the CDC’s sew version you only need two rectangles of cotton fabric, two elastics, rubber bands, hair ties, cloth, or strings, needle and thread, scissors, and a sewing machine.
  2. Erica Arndt’s Tutorial on YouTube. Her tutorial shows how you can quickly make a mask in minutes.
  3. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Free Mask Making Instructions. Print out this instruction sheet and get to work sewing!
  4. Today’s Show Mask Making Instructions. Scroll to the bottom and you’ll get some easy instructions for making a mask at home.
  5. Greenmatters How to Make Your Own Mask. Tells you how to make a simple mask, explains what a N95 is, explains what are good materials to avoid/use, and how to clean reusable masks.
  6. Joann’s Fabric Mask Making. Offers a page with several mask making patterns and tutorials, including a shaped denim face masks. Perfect for doing something with your old jeans! Here is also a Joann’s pattern, which you can print out and quickly stitch together.
  7. Freesewing Offers this ‘Open Source’ Face Mask Pattern. I like the PDF pattern because it offers different sizes, so you can make one for smaller faces easily, like for your kids.

Fabric Choice

Keep in mind some fabrics may work better than others, and some have reported ways to increase non-surgical, handmade mask virus protection by integrating a filter of some sort, including a layer made out of vacuum filter bags, or waterproof layer sandwiched between fabrics. I know of one company that is selling masks to the general public that has announced a filter pocket in their masks that allows you to insert your own ‘filter’ of choice. Sort of like a bra that allows for insertion or removal of a pad.

As always, remember that masks aren’t a substitute for social distancing or an excuse to ignore stay-at-home/confinement orders.

Wishing you, your loved ones, and everyone in this world good health,

xx

julie (follow me on Instagram)

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