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Places to Donate:
A list continually updated of facilities requesting masks which is searchable by area. Be sure to find out what style of masks (ties vs. elastic, etc.) are requested before making them. Local Contacts: CASA is requesting assistance in order to provide masks for their clients. Their coordinator requests both child and adult-sized masks and the patterns suggested for Painted Turtle Camp masks below are fine for the CASA masks. Fabric suggestions are juvenile prints, polka dots, happy fabrics for child-sized masks; batiks, prints or solids for regular-sized masks (for the older clients which may need to wear them at work); please no solid red or solid blue. Nadine Kirk is coordinating the collection of these. Painted Turtle Camp is requesting 500 masks for adults and children for their summer camper boxes. More details are available on the Painted Turtle page. City of Hope, 23550 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance (phone d# 310-373-2636) The hospital would be very grateful to receive any masks that we could make for them. They will be used under the new face shields that they now wear daily. Drop them off at the front door security guard with a note saying what they are and who they are from (South Bay Quilters Guild). Home Instead Senior Care in Torrance. Contact Nadine Kirk to deliver them. Washable face masks to be used by 150 caregivers as they visit patients in their home. They prefer the "nurse mask" style (blue and white photo below) with ties, but will accept whatever is available. Member Louise's daughter requests tie-style masks. Send masks to: Carrie N. Aguilar, MD FACOG - Division Chief Women's Care Center - Dignity Health Medical Group - St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - 500 West Thomas Road Suite 720 - Phoenix, Arizona 85013 |
Barlow Respiratory Hospital near Dodger Stadium would also like the tie style. Please contact Donna Bowker to deliver them.
Kaiser ER, Harbor City Hospital (attn: Anne Ruthkowski). Contact president@southbayquiltersguild.org for phone/address. Any style is fine.
Kensington Assisted Living in Redondo Beach. Contact Nancy Green for delivery information. Any style is fine.
Kaiser ER, Harbor City Hospital (attn: Anne Ruthkowski). Contact president@southbayquiltersguild.org for phone/address. Any style is fine.
Kensington Assisted Living in Redondo Beach. Contact Nancy Green for delivery information. Any style is fine.
Pattern Ideas (click on the photo to go to the tutorial) and related notes below:
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Making Bias Tape without a Tool: Cut fabric straight of grain for making ties for face masks so they don't stretch once tied!
A tutorial from Nancy Ota regarding the Orange Dot Quilts Pattern. Some people have also suggested using woven interfacing instead of batting to make it more breathable.
Nancy has been assembly line making the masks and has more updates here including clever materials for metal nose pieces. Video tips from The Fabric Patch about materials to use in making face masks.
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Tips from the CDC on masks including no sew options: folded from a bandana or cut from an old t-shirt.
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For those of you who want more information or are "numbers people":
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Video Dottie Daybell received from a physicist friend:
...a careful compilation of the efficacy of masks in different countries by a couple of qualified people. The use of masks, even the sort you are making, basically stopped the growth of infections in the Czech Republic, Taiwan, and North Korea. It is a little long, but worth skipping through, especially the case of Czech Republic and Taiwan. In summary: - paper/fabric masks protect you from other's droplets and others from your droplets in normal settings (like grocery shopping) - wash your mask after using/sterilize by putting in a 160° oven for 30-60 minutes - respirator masks (N95 and up) are needed by people performing medical procedures where the droplets become aerosolized |
Cases per 1,000,00 in population density. This graphic is interesting because it isn't the total number of cases in a country that is important, it is what percentage of the citizens have been diagnosed with it. In countries where wearing a mask is "normal" or has been encouraged, the infection rate is much lower.
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