More Masks

As things are slowly re-opening around Calgary, I am finding myself out and about more than before. It’s good to see a lot more people wearing masks. It feels more and more normal to wear one, especially when I’m shopping and I think about the risk that the people in the shops are taking day in and day out. The least I can do is wear one to help keep them safe. My original fun animals mask is still working great, but I wanted to try making some more that were a bit more… subdued. Cooler? 😎

And yet Miranda was the first to try her hand at making another mask. She made one that had more of a supervillain vibe. She used this video’s pattern and decorated it with the Kid Loki armor pattern from the Marvel comics with fabric paint. And when she did that, it got me off my butt and sewing.

I chose to try the pattern that Brianna used, because it was quite a bit simpler than the one we made. I picked a couple of older t-shirts that I didn’t mind cutting up and would be a good look on the mask. I used the Cricut Maker to cut the fabric (t-shirt material is stretchy and the Circuit cut it beautifully). The North of Hadrian’s mask couldn’t have ended up better. The logo ended up perfectly positioned. I can’t take credit: it was more of a fortunate accident. Each of the masks has a liner from the other shirt: the inside of the black mask is white and the inside of the white mask is black.