The CDC has issued a recommendation that everyone should be wearing masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. Leaving N95s and other PPE to medical workers is essential. With hospitals asking for donations of home-sewn masks, and many people out of work, we've hired cosplayers to use their spare fabric to create home-sewn masks for daily wear, repurposing what they have!
Please use these as a covering on top of a currently approved CDC/WHO mask!
Furthermore, many within our community are very generous and have asked how they can provide masks for those in need. We've set up a system that allows for members of our community to purchase masks for others who may need them. If you would like to purchase a mask to gift to someone else, please use this page. If you would like to receive a mask someone else has paid for please use this link.
We have two basic masks available to purchase for someone else until we restock. The options are listed below. You may not choose who your mask goes to, and your recipient will not know who purchased the mask for them. Your purchased mask goes into a donated section and will be fulfilled when someone makes a purchase of a donated mask and pays for shipping. At no point will you, the purchaser, see any information for the recipient. If you are a recipient, at no point will the purchaser see your information.
Your donated mask cost includes a rate of $5 flat for shipping and handling, allowing the recipient to pay no fees.
If you would like to order more than 3 masks, please reach out to hello@dualwieldstudio.com so we can help you arrange a custom order to save on shipping and handling fees, as well as an adjusted rate. If you would like to order 3 masks, a discount should automatically be applied.
PRODUCT DETAILS
- Each artist was paid an hourly rate of $20, plus materials costs to create each mask.
- Each mask follows a hospital-provided pattern and material usage.
- Some masks utilize ties, or elastic; please note which mask uses what when you purchase.
- Please wash your mask when you receive it. Due to limited accessibility to professional hospital mask-washing facilities, these masks have not been professionally laundered. Our fulfillment center individually bags them and has taken great pains to ensure the safety of employees but we encourage you to wash your masks after each use and upon receipt.
- For masks with ties - if you would like to substitute elastic, simply tie a knot of elastic around one of the ends of the fabric ties and pull it through. Adjust the elastic to your desired size and tie it back.
- These masks fit neatly over N95s, KN95s, or other basic/standard filtration masks. (N95s and other similar masks should be used by medical professionals: if you have N95 masks you do not need please seek out a donation location at a hospital near you.) Any sewn by Last US Bag Company are 2 layer, 100% cotton, able to be worn on their own or over another mask.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
BLUE SEASHELLS - Gossypium Fabric, sewing by Last US Bag Company
- 100% cotton with pattern stitched in two layers. 100% cotton, elastic.
- PLEASE NOTE: this fabric is a pattern, and each mask is different. We cannot guarantee you will get the exact pattern or color arrangement you would like. We do not accept returns on masks.
PRIDE - Gossypium Fabric, sewing by Last US Bag Company
- 100% cotton with pattern stitched in two layers. 100% cotton, elastic.
- PLEASE NOTE: this fabric is a pattern, and each mask is different; due to the quantity it is impossible to create each mask as an individual pattern listing. We cannot guarantee you will get the exact pattern or color arrangement you would like. We do not accept returns on masks.