Making masks

It's been interesting to see the masks people are wearing when I venture out (rarely).  On a video chat with my son yesterday, I noted that he had a bandana tied around his neck.  He didn't want me to make a mask, but I may still stick a Chicago Cubs fabric mask in the mail to him.
Anyway - I've made a few for family.   My mask recipe:

I like the fitted style and found a pattern on Pinterest.  I reminds me of the end of a canoe.  I cut 2 outer fabric, 2 interfacing and 2 lining pieces.

I basted the interfacing to the back of the outer fabric:

Next step is to sew the fronts together (right sides together) on the the curved edge.  I did the same with the lining fabric:

Open the pieces and match the front and lining, right sides together, and stitch on the two long sides:

I used a 3/8 inch seam to sew the pieces together.  I had basted at about 1/4 inch and wanted to be sure to hide my basting stitches:

After both sides are stitched, turn the mask with right sides out.  I pinned the pieces and top stitched to hold the mask in place. 

I had to trim about an inch off of each end.  I made them a little too long.  Better too long than too short!:

For this mask I am using seam binding ties.  I have run out of elastic and I have plenty of seam binding in my stash.  Good time to use it up!  I cut 2 pieces at 44" long.  I positioned the seam binding with the top tie at 22" and the bottom at 18".  The top needs to be longer to go around your head and the bottom can be shorter around your neck.  Unless you have a really big neck and little tiny head! 

I pinned it on the mask, but for the rest of the tie, I just folded it and held it to stitch from one end all the way to the other:

If you want to show better seamstress skills, open the seam binding and stitch it on the back side of the mask. Stitching on the fold line:

Then wrap the binding around the mask and pin and stitch in place:

I used single fold bias tape.  Note the price!  Yes this has been in my stash for awhile

On my first mask I used 1/4" elastic bands that go around my head and neck.  I turned the edge of the mask about an inch and stitched it in place.  The bands are 14" for the top and 10" for the bottom.  I have a big head and lots of hair, the mask I made for my niece was smaller and elastic much shorter.  

On this solid mask I decided to embroider a word on the inside so I could easily tell the top from the bottom.  Only problem with this is that I embroidered it upside down!  It still makes me laugh at myself each time I see it!

Silly me, I should be able to tell the top from the bottom just from the length of the elastic!

I'm praying that we aren't wearing these for very long, but my gut tells me differently.  I have discovered that wearing a hat on bad hair days really helps!