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The most comfortable DIY face mask.

Printable PDF <<<HERE>>>

I made this mask by request. The wife of a VA worker in need of masks sent me this pattern and it’s by far the most comfortable mask. If you you’re making masks for someone who wears a mask for long periods of time this is the pattern for you. It has a snug fit around the face(no gapping), the ties make it adjustable without irritating the ears and the curved front gives you plenty of breathing room. Try it and make one for everyone.

diy face masks

step 1: Pin your pattern to the fabric opposite each other. OR fold your fabric right side to right side and cut out one side of the pattern so you have opposite pieces of fabric.  If you plan on making multiple masks stack your fabric as thick as you can cut it. Cut out your fabric.

diy face masksPin two pieces right sides together carefully matching the curved edges.

diy face masksSew a 1/4″ seam allowance around the curved edge of the two pieces. Then repeat this process again with another contrasting fabric creating the lining of your mask. Use coordinating thread, I used black for demonstration purposes.

diy face masksSew the lining and the front of the mask together across the top and again across the bottom. Be careful to line up the center seam.  Sew both top and bottom with a 1/4″ seam allowance.  Then turn the mask right side out through one of the sides.

diy face masksPress the mask seams flat all the way around.

diy face masksFold the raw edges of both sides in by 1/2″ and press.

The next step is to make the bias tape for the ties. I made my bias tape between 36″ and 42″ on each side.  I have a video link here… https://youtu.be/O9caQmtgutE

diy face masksSew the bias tape onto the mask, matching the center of the bias tape to the center of the mask binding the open ends. Then sew the rest of the bias tape closed.  I use my blind hem foot for this part so I can run the bias tape right next to the guide and get a perfectly straight seam.

diy face masksPress the whole thing and you’re done.   Printable PDF <<<HERE>>>

 

face mask templates…if you screen shot this it will print to the exact sm/med. dimension on an 8.5×11 sheetface mask pattern and dimensions

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  4. I just wanted to say thank you for this pattern. I adapted it to elastic over the ears rather than tapes.

    I made a few for my family and then a few more for my fellow volunteers at a wildlife rescue. Four hundred masks later I have raised well over £2000 for the rescue through donations in exchange for masks. Time and again people go on about how well they fit :o)

  7. I ironed light weight fuseable interfacing to the inside of the front pieces before sewing the lining to it. It creates an extra layer of protection to your mask and doesn’t effect your ability to breathe.

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  12. Thanks for the simple pattern and instructions.
    I respectfully modified mine by folding and stitching the sides. I then added a length of elastic (16in was good for me) and tied a knot on the end to allow for modifications. The elastic goes up and around the top and lower prices wraps back of head. The mask fits well and comfortably over the nose around the cheeks and hugs the chin.

  13. Please send the pattern for the mask. I enjoyed watching your video very much.

  14. Help. Want to make this face mask for husband and self. followed directions and got Pattern PDF. Went to print. The image size of your PDF us 34.4 X 44 Inches and does not fit on 8.5 X 11. When it first comes on screen it is showing at 43.2%. If I go to print on 8.5 paper and tell it to print, it scales it down to 24%. I printed. I then compared printed pattern sizes to those you show above. Close but not as you state above,,,smaller. Also confuse by the double lines going down the small edge (outside edge) of the ouside patterns.
    Please help me get correct patterns at correct sizes,,, maybe in word ? I really want to make this but already starting on wrong foot.
    I sew, a lot and am comfortable making these but don’t want to cut wrong size.

    Thanks.

  18. Please send me a copy of your pattern (adult sizes)— it looks like a great one!
    Thank you!!

  20. These are perfect. So much comfier than the ones I was wearing. THANK YOU!!!
    For my sons I used para-cord and cord stops to fasten since tying behind your head is hard for kiddos.

  21. When I took a screenshot of the pattern and printed it it was way smaller than the dimensions you show.

    Please advise.

    Thanks Karen

  24. Will you please send me the pattern and instructions for this pattern please.

  26. Could you email me the pattern or post it as a downloadable PDF. The pattern is cut off on the short edge when I print the screen shot. Thank you.

  39. Great video. Easy to understand the instructions. Please email the pattern to me.
    Thanks so much!

  45. Dear Mimzy,

    I would like to make this mask for my family. Could I please have the pdf from the pattern?
    Many thanks!

  46. Hiya, could you please email the pattern for both sizes of the masks.

    Many thanks

  54. Yes, please email pattern to me, also. I clicked on the link from your you tube video to download the pattern. I filled out the info requested in the pop up box and then it sent me to this website. I looked, but didn’t see a download button.

  59. Hello,
    Thanks for posting! Looks like the mask my wife is looking for, please email the pattern.

    Thank you!

  60. Bonjour, je n’arrive pas non plus à imprimer correctement, pourriez-vous me l’envoyer pas e-mail.
    Merci beaucoup

  61. Have sewn for over 50 years and was a draftsperon as well, so I know my way around creating and enlarging patterns. Please revise your instructions and include a PDF of the pattern rather than relying on the instructions provided:
    “face mask templates…if you screen shot this it will print to the exact sm/med. dimension on an 8.5×11 sheet.” This may work on YOUR computer, but will not reliably work on every computer/printer combination. I was able to generate the pattern so that the horizontal measurements work, but when those are correct, the vertical dimensions are not quite right. This will be very frustrating for a large number of readers and will waste a lot of time, paper and ink that would be saved if you provided a PDF of the pattern.

    • I do have a direct link to the PDF pattern. But I’ll email it to you as well.

      • Would you please!!!!! share the face mask pattern with me.? I have tried to improvise but no luck. I am a senior citizen that when things go wrong I give up. I have no patience at all. Thank you in advance.

  64. Looks very comfortable , Your video was nicely done. Could you email me the pattern. Thanks ever so much for posting this.

  65. Thank you for the video of almost every stitch. I could speed up play feeling I would not miss any edited out parts.
    Thank you for the template with main measurements too. I find that masks I have of a different design are hard to breathe through. This design as it is or tweaked by me might be better.

  66. i would like your PDF mask pattern
    i enjoyed your video and would like to othets youve made.

  67. I received your adult pattern do you have the same kind of mask pattern for a child. If so please send it to my email . thank you

  68. Outstanding! Anxious to make some of these. If the pattern does not include bot the medium and large patterns, can you email me one of each. Thank you so much!

  70. Thank You! You are correct… it is the most comfortable mask I have come across.
    I made it out of bandanas and they look great as well as being comfy.

  71. Thank you for doing this. My husband and I have avoided going out this whole time.
    We have decided to take a chance and go somewhere soon. He is on oxygen 24/7. We are going to start with just a walk around our block. I need to make us masks. This looks like something I can do. I have plenty of fabric. (I quilt)

    Thank you again!

  72. Thank you so much for sharing this great mask!! My husband and I made two this morning!!!

  73. I have screenshot & printed from my phone, and I can’t get it to print to the correct proportions. It’s printing small.

  75. I love this! Can you please email me the pattern so I can print it off. I have a lot to make for my church.

  76. Could you please email the pattern to me? I would like to try this mask for my 75 year old mother. She has had a hard time finding a comfortable mask and she is prone to pneumonia and congestive heart failure. She is also a breast cancer survivor, so it’s important she have a comfortable one that she can wear a lot. Thank you.

  78. hi there , very interesting . thank you .
    i would appreciate if you could send me printable template with exact ratio.

  79. I would so appreciate you emailing me this pattern. Wearing glasses & hearing aids with a mask is quite a challenge but this one looks like my solution. Thank in advance Mimzy.

  82. Would you please send me the pattern & instructions for the face mask.? I have wasted so much material trying to make myself one, I have copd & I have to wear a mask of I go outside. Mine really don’t look good at all. Yours looks good & you do such a good job explaining everything, maybe I can make this one Thank you.

  85. This looks like the best mask I’ve seen. Could you please send me the PDF?

  86. Greetings from Utah!
    Unfortunately I, too, am unable to get the pattern to work. Instead of the tedious chore of emailing everyone, would you please consider posting an update, perhaps with an accessible pdf here? You’re already doing a wonderful thing, and don’t need to be bombarded with zillions of email requests! 😜
    Thank you so much.

    • you’re so right. Ive tried a couple times to get the PDF to work as a download and have been unsuccessful. I finally got the download to work from YouTube yesterday. I’m gonna try again tomorrow because its a lot of emails. Thank you for commenting.

  88. Could you please send me the pattern? Don’t know if it is the signal here in the mountain the pattern does not show.
    Thank you so much!

  89. Looks like a wonderful pattern. Please e- mail the printable pattern. Thank you so much!

  90. Love your instructions and pattern for making the mask. I would love to get the pattern

    Thank you for sharing.

  92. This is a wonderful pattern and video. I can’t get the pattern to print to size: would you please send me a PDF? Thank you very much!

  93. I would really like to have the pattern for this mask. Would you please send it to me? Also h ow long are the ties? Thank you.

  94. Could you please send me the pattern?
    Thank you so much!
    Greetings from Moraira, Spain!

  96. Would you also email me the patterns. As long as we are going to be wearing these masks I am trying to find the most comfortable .

  99. Please email me the pattern. I have tried 4 different mask patterns for my husband without success. This one looks like it might just fit him. Thanks so much

  100. I want to make this face mask, but am unable to get the pattern to print to the correct size. Could you please e-mail the pattern to me?

    Thank you

  102. Thank you for the mens size as well…my boys (15 &19) and myself now have to wear masks at work…the ones they gave us are too small and hurt our ears…please email me the pattern so I can make these…gives me the excuse to take out my sewing machine.

    T.I.A.

    • will do…the T-shirt straps are really comfy on the ears also…and fast.

  105. I do a version of this mask.

    I changed patterns that were out there.

    I place a channel on each side. Using a long piece of bias (approx 44”) I feed from top to bottom on one side then back up the other side.

    I place the mask over my head. Then move mask up the bias and tie behind my head.

    Only one tie.

  108. Looks very comfortable. Need to make for my family. Can you email me a printable pattern?

  110. I would like To make this mask for nurses at an elder care facility. Could you please send me the pattern ?

    Thank you

  111. Thank you…it definitely looks neat and easy to wear. Please email me the pattern.

  115. Great. Thank you for all that you do for all of us.

    Please email me your pattern.

  116. Thanks for sharing. Your tutorial is very informative. Can you please email me the pattern.
    Thank you.

  117. Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing! I would so appreciate an email with the template 🙂 We are making these for our church family. We are having our first back service a week from this Sunday. So we have to get busy quick! 🙂

    • Yay! good for you, we are having another week of parking lot service. I just emailed you the template take care.

  118. Super cute~ unable to print the screenshot to correct dimensions…please to email me <3 thank you 🙂

  120. Thanks for your generosity ,would you please email me the pattern?
    I have 5 nurses 2. US techs and one Doc in the family

  128. Merci pour patron et les infos. J’ai juste hâte de le faire.

  129. Thanks for your video. They look more comfortable than the ones I have been making.
    Please email me your pattern.
    Stay Healthy and Happy,

    Bev

    • were you able to get the download? I’ll email you just in case.

  132. Your tutorial video is very helpful, especially for someone like me who does not do much sewing. Please email me the mask pattern. I was not able to get it to be the correct size. Thank you!

  133. Thank you for this. I wasn’t able to find the link to the pattern; however, with your detailed drawings that included the measurements, I was able to make my own patterns to the scale indicated. This is great; thank you!

    • well done! So sorry for the trouble with the download…my gifting is definitely not in the area tech.

  136. Has anyone tries inserting elastic into the seam on each side top and bottom, making a loop to slip over the ears.

  137. I’ve made a number of masks but want your pattern. The other masks I’ve made have not been comfortable.
    How long did you make the ties? Thanks so much!

  139. Could you please email the pattern as I am unable to take the screenshot to get it blown up.

  141. Are you able to email me a copy of this mask? Looking forward to making it. Thank you.

  142. I would love to have a pattern in PDF to the right scale for the masks so I can be able to do this mask but I see from all the comments you are not answering about actually needing the pattern send to them or any answers to any of the questions!

  146. The mask template doesn’t print out the correct size. I see by the comments, there are others having the same issue
    HELP PLEASE!

  147. This looks really nice. I like how the straps attach. Thanks for the pattern and instructions. Please send.

  150. please email me the pattern. looks like I will be needing quite a few. thank you!

  151. Hi, I just found your post on the face masks and would like to make some, as where I live in Mexico, they’re hard to find and usually the one use, then throw away kind. I tried a screen shot of the pattern and it printed much smaller than normal. Would you please send the pattern in an email that I could copy and use? Thank you!!!

  152. You can use scunci thick hair pony tail rubber bands that hold the mask around your ears. Thick hair are bigger than regular

  154. I have found that if you french a short piece of twill or canvas tape onto the curved center seam of one of the layers, it reinforces the structure just enough that it helps keeps the mask in place when you speak.

  155. Cons: difficult to make, especially for a beginner (and w/o sewing machine). Also, most importantly, upper bias tape slips onto hair and loses grip. I’ll try it on a pony tail. Pros: it is, indeed, comfortable and I expect to be able to wear when back in the office w/o getting my glasses foggy. Thanks for sharing.

  156. Screenshot does not print to the correct size (too small).
    Could you please email me the pattern?

  161. Hi, I really want to make this pattern, but I cannot get it to print in the correct size. Do you have a pdf can use?

  164. HEllo,

    Really nice pattern and look pretty comfortable. Good explanation on the tutorial but when I did the print screen, the measurement were off. Can you please send the pattern by email? Thanks.

  166. Thank you so much for making this easy to understand. I am new to sewing. How long should the bias tape be on each side?

  169. How long are the bias strips? Trying to follow this pattern and youtube video, but nowhere is the length of the strips stated!

    Thank you so much for this – easy to follow for a rusty seamstress

  170. Could you please send me a pattern for this. Cant figure out how to print out your pattern. Taking you in advance.

  171. Please if you would email me the pattern ‘s for the large and small face masks. It would be greatly appreciated.

  172. How much bias tape on each side? I made a mask with elastic and it’s uncomfortable more than a few minutes. Thanks!

  175. How long is the bias tape for each side that you’re using? Thanks!

    I just made it with elastic and it really is the most comfortable mask I’ve made so far. (This is the fourth pattern I’ve tried.)

  176. Not only does a mask add some degree of safety, but you made this one so cute, too! I am not a seamstress, but my sister is sewing away and donating masks. Thank you for sharing this great project! Pinned!

  177. Hi. Can you save the mask template to a PDF and host it in your Google Drive folder, then share the link for that? If I take a screen shot, it comes out different sizes. Thanks.

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