Mask Making Standing Offer

My guy and I risked a run to Target very late last night to get some big plastic mailing envelopes, which is what I'm using for sending books and stuff out so that it can be easily disinfected by my recipients. Also, if we go about 30 minutes before closing there's hardly anyone in the store.

Anyway, while we were there we saw some 10-packs of single-layer black cloth masks which were labeled "single use" being sold for $15.00:

As I know how little time and material go into making these masks, I consider that price absolutely outrageous. Please do not buy these masks.

That price tag shock also made me resolve to do what I can to stop this kind of ripoff. I can't make masks for everyone in the world, but I am going to make them for my family and friends. So for the duration of the pandemic, if you need cloth masks, please let me know. I already have all the materials on hand (I currently have white elastic, and my order of black elastic will arrive next week) and I would be happy to make them and ship them to you, free of charge. My masks are durable and washable, too.

I know you guys don't want to take advantage, but let this be the one way I help you get through this mess.

Comments

nightsmusic said…

You are such an awesome friend. And yes, I know people overuse that word, but in this case, it's true :)

May 16, 2020 at 3:25 PM

Maria Zannini said…

Yours are so much better made too. Thank you, Lynn.

May 16, 2020 at 4:08 PM

Downsizing

This was my fabric stash once I sorted everything -- 22 full bins. I spent a day taking out and boxing up what I could part with, with the goal of trying to reduce it by half, so I'd have 11 bins. I was very strict with myself, and removed everything that for one reason or another I was sure I wouldn't be able to use. This is what I ended up with -- 12 bins of fabric that I'm keeping. It's not quite half, but close enough. Half of what I took out went to a local quilter friend, a school and Goodwill. These four tightly-packed bins will be going to the local quilting guild once I make arrangements with them for a drop-off place. I am relieved and a little sad and now determined to control my impulses to thrift more fabric. I don't want to do this again, so until I use up six bins, I can't for any reason bring any new fabric into the house.

In Progress

I promised myself I would show you the good, bad and ugly of my cleaning this year. This is what it looks like when you dump thirty years' worth of stashed fabric on the floor -- and oy, what a pain in the butt to pick up again! This is what it looks like after it's been sorted, folded and placed in containers, which took me about a week. Now the hard part is to downsize my stash by at least half, I think (that's my goal, anyway.) I've already e-mailed the president of the local quilting guild, a local friend who is a quilter, and a public school art teacher I know to see if I can donate some of the excess to them. The rest will go to Goodwill. Already I've reduced my vintage textiles from two bins to one, and my scraps from three bins to one. It's probably the hardest clean-out I've done, which is why I saved it until last. I know I have too much fabric, more than I can use in my lifetime -- but at the same time, I love it. So I have to

Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

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