A sideline?

Mask making means fabric.  Fabric means leftovers. I decided to put the scraps to good use and made some dog bandanas.

Squares cut, fold in half diagonally and press.  Open again and draw in the edges to the folded line. Press then backstitch along the folded in right angles.

Fold again and press.

Sew along the cut edges. Do not sew along the aready turned in edges as this creates the opening for the collar. 

Turn right side out and press.

Draw a line along what will become the bottom of the collar section and backstitch this line.

Verdant Dream and Verdant Breeze 

Lavender wishes

Cutlass.

Blue Gardens and Icefresh

Sunshine Oasis and Butter Mellow. 

Paradise Valley and Paradise Dunes

Ocean Wishes.

There may be something in this bandana/mask making 🤔

Not cross stitch or hardanger...

...but important enough.

It was difficult to find flat elastic so to begin with, I made masks using thick round elastic. I guess everyone and her sister are buying it at the moment!

I shared with a friend who gave me a few tips and we altered the design.

And I managed to find enough flat elastic for some more masks.

These are for work colleagues as we are required to wear our own masks until we get into our offices (and on leaving and during our lunchtime walk), whereby we have to don surgical masks supplied by the hospital I work for.

Stay safe!

Angel part 2

While all the stitching had been done on the second Angel picture, lockdown occurred before I could purchase any more green mount board.

Now non-essential shops are open, I was able to nip to the craft shop, pick up some board and have her framed at last.