From her home in Willow Spring, Amelia Patel is sewing face masks — and encouraging others to do the same. Over the weekend, the mom of two and CPA launched a Facebook group where she's sharing a ...
CHICAGO -- Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland sewing master has turned her hobby into a booming business to fulfill a need for affordable-yet-stylish face masks. Sew Happiness’ Trudy Shurts has made all kinds of ...
Health care providers bracing for a flood of coronavirus cases are already worried about adequate supplies of necessities like face masks. Recently updated advice from the Centers for Disease Control ...
During a critical face mask shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, home sewers responded by pulling out fabric stashes, threading their machines and getting to work. Recently published ...
Let me tell you from the get-go that the creator of one of the nation’s largest and most diverse grass-roots mask-making efforts did not intend to start a movement, to mobilize the masses, to spend ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- It may seem as though masks are no longer in short supply. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Quietly, behind the scenes, the San Diego Face Mask Sewing Group is making a huge ...
When the coronavirus pandemic escalated in late March, frontline facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and grocery stores across the nation began to experience shortages of personal ...