When Jessica said she wanted to do a Star Wars Week, I knew I had to jump in on the action! I had to act fast but I knew exactly what I wanted to do. With all the weather changes this Autumn, sniffles and coughs are bound to come our way! One way I curbed my kids from spreading their germs to everyone in the house (and outsiders!) was to make a sick mask that aided us from those nasty colds! And I gotta say, it did help. It does not replace coughing into your elbows, but it does help contain the amount of spreading.
Now these aren’t just for flu season, these are GREAT for costumes and Halloween too! I drafted a FREE PDF pattern for little kids, big kids, and older kids/ adults so that everyone is covered.
Pun intended ;-).
Star Wars inspired reversible face mask pattern.
MATTERIALS:
- Scraps of fabric (lightweight cotton fabrics only)
- Click HERE to download the pdf pattern
- Basic sewing materials
- 1/8″ elastic or elastic cording
HOW TO:
First off, gather your materials, print your pattern (set to actual image/ no scaling), then cut out your pattern.
Also note that 3/8″ (1cm) seam allowance has been added unless otherwise stated. Light green in tutorial is for the right side of fabric and the dark green indicates wrong side.
Here we go!
1.) Cut out 2 mirror sets of your pattern piece for a total of 4 pieces
2.) Match up your main fabrics RST (right sides together) and sew along the convex curve. Clip the curve close to the stitching line but not into it. Repeat for reverse/ contrast side.
3.) Press along your seam and topstitch an 1/8″ from the edge. Repeat for contrast side.
4.) Take your main face mask piece and your contrast piece and pin along the top and bottom edges. When you sew, start at the edge, sew about 1/2″ then leave a gap that is about 1/2″ wide then start again along the long edges repeating at the opposite edge and again for the bottom in the same manner. Leave the short raw edges open. Turn right side out and press. (optional, topstitch between top and bottom 1/8″ from edge.)
5.) Turn the raw short edges in 1/4″ towards the wrong side, press well, then topstitch 1/8″ from the edge. Repeat on opposite side. Take a length of elastic that will loosely fit your ear size. (Mine was around 7″ long for each.) Add two inches for tying a knot or 3/8″ to sew the edges together. The choice is yours since it will be hidden on the inside of the mask. Thread your elastic through and finish the edges how you please. Pull your elastic through until your knot or sewn edges are hidden. Repeat for opposite side.
And that’s it!
I made a reversible Greedo/R2D2 mask for my youngest.
And a Storm Trooper/ Kawaii Death Star for my eldest kiddo!
Well! I hope you like this quick little tutorial on how to make a reversible Star Wars Face Mask! I’d love to see how you use the pattern! Use the hashtag #reversiblefacemask so I can see em! Till next time, many many smooches and happy sewing!
– Kat
Thank you so much for posting this. I have really bad asthma and live in Las Vegas so it can get really bad here for me. I plan to make a bunch of these for me and my family. Thank you!
I LOVE this!!! My son has recently developed asthma and has terrible allergies. He also happens to be in LOVE with Star Wars. I was just looking for a good face mask tut that I was going to add a Star Wars design to, but to see your awesome masks has REALLY inspired me. Thank you so much for sharing! 😊
thank you I needed a mask for saw dust !
these are super cool! do you have any tips on how to make patterns like the ones you’ve done? they look amazing
I’m sorry but I can find the pin for the PDF pattern. I don’t know if I’m just not seeing it or what. Could you please help? Thank you
Thank you for a great pattern – it fits much better than another one I first tried out! I am having trouble top stitching neatly/easily on the top and bottom centre through all the layers and existing top stitching down the centre. Is there a best direction to iron the centre seam or something to take away bulk I can try?
Thank you for making this post. With the current shortage on child sized mask during the Coronavirus outbreak. I plan on making a ton of these for the kids at my hospital.