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Hospitals are starting to request cloth face masks, as they find themselves amidst a worldwide shortage. “Community Help Needed!” Wise Health System in Decatur posted on Facebook Friday. “The critical ...

Grace Jun, assistant professor of fashion at Parsons School of Design and chief executive of Open Style Lab, wrote this pattern after consulting with the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with ...

From her home in Willow Spring, Amelia Patel is sewing face masks — and encouraging others to do the same. Over the weekend, the mom of two and CPA launched a Facebook group where she's sharing a ...

Mililani resident Aki Shin, 37, took a voluntary furlough from Hawaiian Airlines earlier this month and has been spending some of her time sewing fabric face masks for her ohana and friends. Shin ...

While we're all doing our best to keep safe in lockdown, lots of people are finding it hard to track down the equipment they'd like. Face masks, for example, are now being sold widely after the ...

Still, if you want to make a mask, here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew. Not sure ...