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Care & Use + Online Store Update

4/6/2020

 
Now that you’re a mask-sewing expert, you probably have people asking you questions about how to wear them. We just wrote a Care & Use insert to go into our outgoing mask packages. The info is posted on the website as well. Experts stress a good fit and correct use of a mask in helping to contain the spread of the virus.
Every day brings an onslaught of frantic changes and fine-tuning of glitches at Masks of Love. Today, we’re focused on creating a regular online store for ordering masks. We’re ready to go live with that as soon as we get our payment link working. We hope to have it going by the end of the day at this link
We are looking for an industrial walking foot sewing machine and/or an industrial serger to purchase. If you can help, send us an email. 
We’ve finally added a page that lists the Masks of Love WNC team members: click here. It also has a handful of the businesses and organizations that have helped in this project. Because of the chaotic nature of this emergency effort, the business section isn’t fully up-to-date, but we hope to complete it soon.

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(L) Dr. Sarah Evers; happy to receive a delivery from Masks of Love WNC to her office yesterday.

​Sewers' NOTES

We just added measurements to both patterns so you can check your work. If your printer prints things a little off, you cut the fabric too wide, or you use different seam allowances than indicated, the masks may end up a non standard size. Please double check your sizing now and then as you zoom along. If you did make some masks a bit small or big, we will still find a home for them.

Speaking of printer problems - some people don't have printers. We added a grid to the download of Citizen Mask 1 so you can draw it out if you need too. We are also keeping a stack of printed patterns at Flora to give out. Sorry for any problems downloading patterns over the weekend, we switched web hosts and some things went AWOL. BTW we will have some better elastic this week, and it's red and pink!

Thank you Toby Maurer and The Branding House Asheville for making this awesome Mindy the Maskmaker T-shirts and other goodies available for purchase HERE. Proceeds from the sales of these items will go directly to help fund our mask-making venture.
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    Masks of Love WNC

    was created in Western North Carolina in March 2020 as a response to our community shortage of PPE in the face of Covid 19. We created an all volunteer effort to get cloth masks into the hands of those that needed them most.  Now, Masks of Love has grown into a business that is providing local jobs while staying committed to our mission of donating masks to our under-served neighbors. We have donated almost 10, 000 masks since we began. Learn more about our community partners here.

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    • fiber + more
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