https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:04:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112641 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:12:46 +0000 JAileen 2112641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karen, that’s brilliant! &nbsp;Thanks for posting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112630 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:48:07 +0000 karen13 2112630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqyhNDSXEfg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqyhNDSXEfg</a></p> <p>How to make t shirt yarn - it works great for mask ties. No need for shoe laces.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112582 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:51:08 +0000 JAileen 2112582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karen, thank you. &nbsp;I fixed it myself! &nbsp;I realized it was a friction issue. &nbsp;So I put some painters tape on the wheel to get traction. &nbsp;It’s been a problem ever since I had the belt replaced. &nbsp;My machine is an old Singer Featherweight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112580 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:40:57 +0000 karen13 2112580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this. &nbsp;I’ve made a few diff eT patterns and found this style is a good compromise between ease! not using lots of fabric and fitting reasonably well. fCall me if I can help diagnose the sewing machine problem. What model is it and what is the problem? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112256 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:27:54 +0000 JAileen 2112256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nemosmom, yes, the strap is adjustable. &nbsp;I wore mine to CVS to buy shoelaces. &nbsp;It stayed on. &nbsp;The other day I used a bandana and it felt like it was going to fall off. &nbsp;I don’t like wearing one either.<div><br /></div><div>I’ve been using a 54 inch shoelace. &nbsp;BTW,&nbsp;CVS is out of them.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112235 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:06:05 +0000 nemosmom 2112235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun fabric, and I love the pattern you posted — is the strap adjustable? I tried the bandanna trick, but kept wanting something that felt more fitted. Actually, I don’t want to have to wear one at all... but such is life these days... sigh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112188 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:01:40 +0000 JAileen 2112188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, yes, that makes sense.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112165 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:08:43 +0000 Sal 2112165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it is the recommendation in the US so I guess it is just sensible.&nbsp; And why not have a bit of fun with great patterns.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112163 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:06:51 +0000 JAileen 2112163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, thank you. &nbsp;Although I don’t know how stylish a mask can be! &nbsp;I texted my friends when I was done and they came over and I tossed them the masks at a proper six foot distance. &nbsp;And my husband mailed off the masks to our son and his girlfriend. &nbsp;They have cats and so the cat masks are theirs. &nbsp;I used up quite a bit of fabric, and ran out of shoelaces. &nbsp;Done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112159 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:52:59 +0000 Sal 2112159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow you have been busy:)</p> <p>Nicely done.&nbsp; Why not be stylish.......&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112158 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:49:03 +0000 JAileen 2112158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pil, yeah, I made them like it was a production line. &nbsp;I really like the egg fabric. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112150 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:35:20 +0000 pil 2112150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, you have been busy!<br /> Unfortunately the cute stripe is the too heavy fabric, but I did scrounge up another fabric today. This egg print fabric is left over from a vest I made my now 33 year old son when he was about 8 and interested in birds. Now I wonder where that vest is?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112107 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:48:54 +0000 JAileen 2112107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here are some more I made, for our son and his girlfriend, and some friends of mine. &nbsp;They don’t have sewing skills, sewing machines or fabric. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112037 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:02:40 +0000 JAileen 2112037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Becky, yea! &nbsp;You have some fabric! &nbsp;Kelly sewed her masks by hand. Maybe you could, too. &nbsp;My hand sewing isn’t very good.&nbsp;</p> <p>Pil, the pattern is pretty good, isn’t it? &nbsp;The striped fabric is beautiful. &nbsp;Was that the capris? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112032 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:54:11 +0000 pil 2112032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used the same pattern! Made two for my husband and son and one for myself. The fabric on mine - while cheery - turned out to be a little heavy so I’ll have to find something else to use. Unfortunately I gave away most of my fabric a few years back so my choices are limited. My son and husband’s are made from a pair of my 90 year old mother’s capris that were headed to Goodwill. I didn’t tell them that </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112024 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:10:29 +0000 Becky 2112024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those look great! I have tons of quilting scraps. If only my machine were in working order. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112023 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:09:31 +0000 JAileen 2112023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, it definitely looks like half a bra. &nbsp;A friend who is a nurse practitioner is actually getting a bra mask from someone.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion/page/2#post-2112019 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:01:09 +0000 Janet 2112019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, I now totally see that it looks like half of an old-school bra top -- and I have one of my mom's very vintage swimsuits that has a top like that. Not sure I'd want to deconstruct her suit though. ;-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2112018 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:59:39 +0000 Janet 2112018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like that. Great print too! Maybe I'll get inspired to drag out my never-used sewing machine and try it. My DIY bandana solution was not bad, but the hair bands around my ears gave me a headache, and after a little time started to slip off my ears.</p> <p>I took a one-day machine sewing class last year that refreshed my very rusty junior-high-school era knowledge, but that's the extent of my sewing experience. I did make a nice tote bag in that class -- I figure if I can make a tote bag, I can make a mask! I have some Liberty fabrics I bought two decades ago in London that would make pretty masks.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2112012 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:37:17 +0000 JAileen 2112012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Christel, I don’t think it matters if the fabric is wacky. &nbsp;It only matters that you have one. My husband likes the fit of this mask.<div><br /></div><div>Bijou, Alice in Wonderland sounds lovely. &nbsp;If possible, place a Cheshire cat near your mouth. &nbsp;:)</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111950 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 04:38:02 +0000 Bijou 2111950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have some fabric from making baby quilts, so an Alice in Wonderland mask may be my new accessory. Thanks for the link to the pattern. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111872 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:54:14 +0000 ChristelJ 2111872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are super cute and it looks like a good pattern. I've been making some from another pattern that has some flaws in the comfort and fit. Thanks for this! My fabric supply is limited to a few scraps too loud to be used for anything else previously, so the end result could look wacky... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111869 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:38:55 +0000 JAileen 2111869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kelly, Britex! &nbsp;I haven’t been there in years. &nbsp;What a fabulous place. &nbsp;My machine won’t fill the bobbin. &nbsp;I have to wind the thread on by hand. &nbsp;My machine is a featherweight, and the belt is too smooth to “catch” the bobbin winder gizmo.<div><br /></div><div>Avicennia, thank you. &nbsp;We have a lot of bird inspired art in our house, too.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111865 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:23:44 +0000 avicennia 2111865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The good birders that you are. I’m not surprised DH is all over nature motifs. Well done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111839 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:37:29 +0000 JAileen 2111839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia, Staysfit, thank you. &nbsp;Staysfit, maybe you have some smallish pieces to use. &nbsp;If you’re a quilter, these are pretty easy.</p> <p>KKards, thank you. &nbsp;I looked at Etsy, but I needed something now, not in a month. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111838 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:35:46 +0000 kellygirl 2111838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I couldn't get my sewing machine to work--can't get the presser foot down. (Vaguely taking it in for repair a decade or more ago...) Anyway, I ended up hand sewing four of them using some thick cotton--I think I bought it ages ago for collars or something. I know I bought it at Britex up in SF. Anywho, they aren't very pretty but they work better than the new sew bandana/rubber band version that I couldn't get to stay in place. I used the instructions in the NY times.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111836 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:29:10 +0000 kkards 2111836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice! Tried to follow instructions for a no sew mask, but it turns out I couldn’t even do that...ordered one, will see if it actually gets here before the crisis has ended </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111791 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:42:06 +0000 Staysfit 2111791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nicely done! This looks like a worthy project. &nbsp;It may be time to get out my quilting scraps and dust off the Pfaff! &nbsp;Although I believe I tossed my quilting scraps since I haven’t had time to quilt in years!&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111762 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:46:17 +0000 Jaime 2111762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mask-fashion#post-2111760 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:41:26 +0000 JAileen 2111760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runcarla, this pattern fits pretty well. &nbsp;I hope it works for you.</p> <p>Smittie, thank you. &nbsp;I know - what a choice!</p>