Re: GUIDE: Basic Home Mask Production
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:09 pm
I did wonder about how washable those masks would be but maybe if you can afford them you only wear them once and then quarantine them for a couple of weeks because you have plenty of others. Or perhaps you wear them only while face timing from home.raven wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:57 pmThose are really lovely.
But I wonder if sewing stuff onto masks is entirely wise. Won't that make it heavier/hotter/more uncomfortable? Also, stitching that puts holes in the mouth/nose area of the mask is possibly not the best idea.
A nice butterfly sewn onto the corner of my lizard mask would look pretty cool though.
That made me think of an entirely different kind of mask with something cigar-shaped sticking out the middle that it would be highly inappropriate to post a picture of here...discovolante wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:28 pmNo I also cut a hole in the outer layer and stuck a Cuban cigar into it.
Yes, I know a lot of them are seamed up the middle, but that strikes me as contrary to the whole point of masks acting as a filter. Or so these specifications would suggest: https://brc.org.uk/media/674992/face-co ... nes_v2.pdf.
The well-made ones with seams down the middle should have some sort of arrangement of inner seam allowances that cover over the stitch lines, like the seams down the side of jeans or French seams. Or it's a dart rather than a seam. I put a small dart at the top centre of a couple of mine to make them fit more snuggly over the nose.raven wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:14 pmYes, I know a lot of them are seamed up the middle, but that strikes me as contrary to the whole point of masks acting as a filter. Or so these specifications would suggest: https://brc.org.uk/media/674992/face-co ... nes_v2.pdf.
But I suppose some comrpomise between comfort and filtering is necessary. Masks are no good if no-one will wear them.
One of my friends made a mask from a sock using the heel for the nose part.raven wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:47 pmYes, the human face is not an easy shape to fit. I found some patterns online that had vertical pleating over the nose instead of horizontal pleating at the sides, which allegedly made for a good fit but the site didn't have pictures and I haven't tried that. I've gone for plastic coated twist ties over the nose, which seems to work quite well for fit and keeping the mask in place so it doesn't keep slipping down. But I have got quite a big conk....
These are called run and fell seams, and would likely help substantially, as would french seams or flat felled seamsTessa K wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:59 amThe well-made ones with seams down the middle should have some sort of arrangement of inner seam allowances that cover over the stitch lines, like the seams down the side of jeans or French seams.raven wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:14 pmYes, I know a lot of them are seamed up the middle, but that strikes me as contrary to the whole point of masks acting as a filter. Or so these specifications would suggest: https://brc.org.uk/media/674992/face-co ... nes_v2.pdf.
But I suppose some comrpomise between comfort and filtering is necessary. Masks are no good if no-one will wear them.
Thanks, I never knew they were called that.EACLucifer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:24 amThese are called run and fell seams, and would likely help substantially, as would french seams or flat felled seamsTessa K wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:59 amThe well-made ones with seams down the middle should have some sort of arrangement of inner seam allowances that cover over the stitch lines, like the seams down the side of jeans or French seams.raven wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:14 pm
Yes, I know a lot of them are seamed up the middle, but that strikes me as contrary to the whole point of masks acting as a filter. Or so these specifications would suggest: https://brc.org.uk/media/674992/face-co ... nes_v2.pdf.
But I suppose some comrpomise between comfort and filtering is necessary. Masks are no good if no-one will wear them.
I'm in large parts an autodidact on sewing, so I can't guarantee my terminology is correct, but as i understand it, run and fell is where the seam is sown as normal with the right sides together, then the seam allowances pressed together and over to one side and secured to one side by a line of topstitching parallel to the original seam stictching. A flat felled seam is sewn right side to wrong side, then folded to create a sort of s-shape, with the two pieces of fabric interlocked. It's a bit trickier to get right, and rarely used outside of situations where it is important something is both resistant to faying and as flat as possible. I've only used them occasionally, mostly on bustle cages, so the steel can slide smoothly in its casing across the seam, but they have also been used on bedsheets, and would be good for a mask, probably.Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:34 amThanks, I never knew they were called that.EACLucifer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:24 amThese are called run and fell seams, and would likely help substantially, as would french seams or flat felled seams
Hhm. I just looked them up and the images are showing the same seam for both flat felled and run and fell (ie jeans-style seams) mixed in with some others that don't have the second row of top stitching.
Ah, right, I get it now. I've done run and fell before, more for the look than for strength as I like contrast stitching on some colours of fabric and a double row of stitching makes it more contrasty (a technical term).EACLucifer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:11 pmI'm in large parts an autodidact on sewing, so I can't guarantee my terminology is correct, but as i understand it, run and fell is where the seam is sown as normal with the right sides together, then the seam allowances pressed together and over to one side and secured to one side by a line of topstitching parallel to the original seam stictching. A flat felled seam is sewn right side to wrong side, then folded to create a sort of s-shape, with the two pieces of fabric interlocked. It's a bit trickier to get right, and rarely used outside of situations where it is important something is both resistant to faying and as flat as possible. I've only used them occasionally, mostly on bustle cages, so the steel can slide smoothly in its casing across the seam, but they have also been used on bedsheets, and would be good for a mask, probably.Tessa K wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:34 amThanks, I never knew they were called that.EACLucifer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:24 amThese are called run and fell seams, and would likely help substantially, as would french seams or flat felled seams
Hhm. I just looked them up and the images are showing the same seam for both flat felled and run and fell (ie jeans-style seams) mixed in with some others that don't have the second row of top stitching.