Mask Shield Pattern

Hello! Hello!

It has been a very long time since I posted.  Life has been very busy over the past few years.  I am an elementary teacher and am preparing to go back to school this fall.  Of course, due to a 5-letter 2-digit word that I would rather not say ;), I will be adding something new to my daily apparel.

I cannot stand the masks.  I can't breathe out of them.  They fog up my glasses, and honestly, they are difficult to hear people when they speak while wearing them.  Originally, I thought I would just get a shield.  However, when I put my cute shield hat on, the view was so distorted I thought I was going to puke from dizziness.  I could breathe easier, and others could hear me and even see my smile and lips moving.

So, I spent a while designing and creating my solution to all of these issues.  The end result is what I call a mask shield.  It has a contour shape that hugs close to the face.  With the addition of a pipe cleaner, it fits snug enough that my glasses do not fog up.  I can breathe.  Others can hear me, and my students will be able to read my facial expressions and lips when I smile and speak.

Today, I would like to share this with you.  There are three sizes (S, M, L).  The Small fits youth (10-13 as well as a woman's small).  The Medium fits teens as well as many women's faces.  And, the large fits men's larger faces well.

You are welcome to create these for your own personal use or to give away.  You are not welcome to sell your finished products created from my pattern.  If you would like to do so, contact me, and we can discuss this.

Note: On the Medium and Large patterns, I did not put elastic sizes.  Each person's ears are different, and so I have not found the perfect elastic length.  Below are my guidelines.  I recommend cutting your elastic at that size and then adjusting accordingly, so that the finished product fits the wearer just right :).

Small: Two pieces 6.5" of 1/4" elastic
Medium: Two pieces 7" of 1/4" elastic
Large: Two pieces 8" of 1/4" elastic

Mask Shield Pattern

You can also watch tutorials here:

Mask Shield Tutorial Part 1

Mask Shield Tutorial Part 2

Wishing you a wonderful day!

:) Dari

April General Conference 2017 Brag Tags

 

Hello! Hello!  It has been a VERY long time since I posted anything.  Not that I haven't wanted to, but I have been in over my head with work and school.  I just finished my teaching 

degree :)!  

The past two days have been wonderful for me.  In my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we have a semi-annual General Conference the first weekend in April and October.  My kids love it, because we get to enjoy church from our own living room, and they can stay in their pajamas all day if they want to.  I love it, too, but for different reasons.  I love the inspiration and motivation I receive from the messages.  It is a great lifter-upper.  I always come away feeling like my spiritual cup is overflowing.  The Spirit always teaches me things that pertain to my own life and what I can do.

As I was listening to each speaker and taking notes, I decided to create a little brag tag for each one.  I am not exactly sure how I will really use them :), but I have some ideas of how I'd like to.  I think they would be a great Family Home Evening review activity.  Or, they could be made into a memory match game (just blow them up a little!).  Also, I would really like to use them in Primary- that's the organization in our church for children.  I am currently serving as the president of our ward's Primary. A week ago, I gave each child a "General Conference Report" to do over conference and told them if they brought it back on Apr. 9th, I would give them a cookie.  I want to display all of their reports on the back wall for a little while.  I thought adding the brag tag that correlates with their report would be a fun little addition.  I haven't quite figured out what I will use to hang them from.  If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them :).

You are free to use these for your own personal use.  Of course, they may not be sold or modified in any way, with the exception of the three blank tags.  I included them so you could create one of your own about your favorite talk.  If you do use them, I would love to know how you chose to :).

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you a wonderful day :)

-Dari