That leaves making your own mask or buying one that someone else has made. I saw there were people selling them on Etsy...for like $25 a pop. I know that they don't cost that much to make and how long can it take to sew one up anyway?
You see where this is going, right? The "I can make that" syndrome. I fell smack dab into that even though I literally have not touched a sewing machine since I was in junior high school and that even sewing on a button recently proved to be more challenging than I remembered.
Sooooo I found a video on YouTube and went looking for supplies. Do I need to tell you that Michaels was sold out of the fabric recommended and that JoAnn only had one color left. It was orange. Cool. I ordered that and then went looking for 1/8 inch elastic. Yeah. Again, no dice at the craft stores, and while Amazon had it, they were all shipping from China. By the time it arrived at my doorstep, it might be too late. I went to eBay.
Found someone selling elastic in the US, and I no doubt paid a premium for it, but it shipped within a couple of days. And then I decided I couldn't count on JoAnn for fabric, so I went searching on eBay for that, too. Found it in the US as well. That shipped a couple of days after the elastic. Again, I'm sure I paid too much, but it was a wise decision as shortly later that afternoon, JoAnn sent me an email apologizing, but my item was not available after all. I knew that was going to happen!
Now I wait for my supplies to arrive and then I try to sew. It probably would have been cheaper in the long run--and less frustrating--to have simply ordered face masks from people on Etsy who know how to sew.
