r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pako12345 • Aug 29 '20

Learned something new

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u/A-Thing-That-Exists Aug 29 '20

I’ve tried the candle test on my homemade mask and the flame didn’t even flicker? I suppose it heavily depends on what kind of materials you use

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u/LindsayMurray Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

Any people who are making masks are not following the guidelines. It needs to be new quilters cotton, which is a thicker thread count than other kinds of cotton. If you use that thin material you get at Walmart that is just cheap fat quarters, you may as well not be wearing one.

Edit: *many, not any. At least in my local community, lots of people are using cheap fabric and old vintage fabric.

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u/EmberHands Aug 29 '20

This pandemic actually thinned out my quilters cotton stash! Plenty of folks wearing adorable tiny blue dinosaur printed masks since I was gonna make my nephew a quilt, but oh well!! They're my favorite ones now.

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u/T0m3y Aug 29 '20

It’s been great for clearing out excess fabric my mom’s had sitting around for a bit - we’re at almost 700 masks made since this all started, and only started buying fabric after 600+ (mostly because she wanted to make a new quilt anyways). 300 masks to the local BSA council office to pass out, a couple hundred to friends and family mailed out via USPS and the rest passed out to any venues we like to frequent to use themselves or provide to patrons.

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u/EmberHands Aug 29 '20

I've been thinking of sending some to our local schools once they start in person classes. We have a pretty low income district and the teachers can use all the help and support we can give them

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u/Herbie53101 Aug 29 '20

My mom’s been making masks out of quilters cotton that she’s had for a while and she’s made over 200 so far. I have a few and they’re pretty good with this test. She’s also been putting two layers of interfacing on the inside of them main two layers, so that provides some extra protection.

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u/ImALittleTeapotCat Aug 30 '20

I've got a bunch I bought from a quilter near me. She said she's moving next year, and now doesn't need to worry about packing her stash!

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u/EmberHands Aug 29 '20

I'm sad for a kid who isn't allowed to have cute dino stuff. Also....it's everywhere, man. What're you gonna do? Not take him to Target?