The year 2020 gave us some massive lemons and it’s up to us to make lemonade. A face mask can be pretty fun, especially if it has a huge mouth that opens and greets people in several languages;-)
Pattern for the Face Mask with Filter Pocket and Nose Adjustment
Here’s a complete list of the patterns for the Face Mask with a Filter Pocket and Nose Adjustment downloadable in JPG and PDF. All the patterns are drawn to fit the scale of DIN A4 sheet. If you’re US-based or have a paper scale similar to the US, the recommendation is to print at 120% …
Pleated Face Mask 3
Until now I’ve only made masks that pleated from the top. This time I wanted to make one that pleats from the center. The process is the same but I find the resulting pleated face mask a little better and more comfortable to wear.
Patterns for the “Muzzle” Face Mask
I decided to redo the patterns for the Muzzle Face Mask a little and add one larger size. Here’s a complete list of the patterns downloadable in JPG and PDF. The sizes are very individual, I’ve found out from the feedback that what fits the adults in one family can fit children in another. As …
Caring Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera
Lately our hands are living some hard times with all that necessary extra hand washing and sanitizing. The desinfection isn’t exactly good for the skin, however, it’s a necessary measure in moments when you cannot wash your hands. This is a caring hand sanitizer with aloe vera that sanitizes and soothes.
Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera
Aloe vera has been well-known for it’s possitive health effect for which it’s used to treat burns and regenerate the skin. That and it’s sanitizing power is why it’s used in hand sanitizers. This recipe for hand sanitizer includes alcohol which is not awesome for your skin. The aloe vera gel helps soothe the skin.
Aloe Vera Gel
Aloe vera has been used in cosmetics and health product since the ancient times. The Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and others understood the benefits of this wonderful plant and used it for skin care and healing burns and wounds. The aloe vera gel is used for the same reasons today. You can find it in cosmetic …
Before you sew face masks for frontliners
It is absolutely touching to see how many people come together to sew face masks and donate them to the people who need them the most. There are, however, a few things to watch when sewing face masks for frontliners such as medical staff and social services workers.
Pleated Face Mask 2
The biggest wave of shock is hopefully over. Before we were sewing huge amounts of masks often lowering our quality standards and skipping unnecessary steps of the sewing process to be able to provide our hospitals and social services with as many face masks as possible. Once the situation has become a little better, I …
Ear saver
If your face mask has elastic bands for behing the ears you might know the feeling of sore ears after wearing the mask for a while. There’s a clever little lifehack that will help you get rid of this unpleasant side effect of wearing a mask. Here comes the ear saver.
Face Mask with Filter Pocket and Nose Adjustment
This is a tutorial on the best fitting face mask yet – the face mask with nose adjustment. Its top edge is reinforced with wire which allows you to adjust the mask to your nose so the mask will stay in place on your nose. The mask has tunnels for an elastic band that hold …
Homemade toothpaste with Activated Charcoal
It took me some time to actually make homemade toothpaste although I had been planning it for a long time. When I finally did I was sorry I didn’t do it sooner. So keep reading and make your own toothpaste, you’ll be amazed!
Natural Deodorant (soda free)
Natural deodorant that works great and is suitable for sensitive skin as well
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
When the emergency status was declared I wanted to buy a bottle of hand sanitizer in a pharmacy. I was unpleasantly surprised to find out that there was none in any pharmacy and there wouldn’t be any in the perceivable future. Therefore, I decided to make my own at home and my disenchantment grew even …
Eco-friendly (and Cheap) Kitchen Cleaning
Spring is almost here and with it more light that will soon make us see all the smudges and dust that the dark days of winter were hiding mercifully. Spring is the time when we thoroughly clean all the corners that we might have overlooked. I don’t like cleaning but with three small children at …
Face Mask with Filter Pocket
A face mask filter pocket comes handy if you want to use a filter with your face mask. Such a mask cannot be worn for a long time, however, it’s good for protecting you and your peers for a short period of time.
“Muzzle” Face Mask (Olson)
This is a kind of Hannibal muzzle but quite popular with the people. I also suspect it might be a great silencer of noisy children, haven’t tried it yet in this way, so let me know if you do:-) Don’t forget to also check out my tutorial on another Double-layer face mask. And if you …
Spring beanie from a sweater
This spring beanie is the last part of my project “Complete upcycling of a sweater”. You can also read about how I upcycled the body of the sweater into a handbag and how I made a winter cap from the collar. I was left with the sleaves which I turned into a lighter headwear.
Pleated Face Mask 1
I would have never said two months ago that I would be making a face mask at home. It’s virtually impossible to get these mouth masks in a pharmacy in all this coronavirus craziness so I just found a good use for some of the fabric scraps in my ever-so-full fabric drawers and just sew …
Upcycled handbag from a sweater
This is the second part of my mini-series “Complete sweater upcycle”. In this tutorial I will show you how I made an easy zipper handbag from the bodice of a sweater.