I panic at plenty other places than the disco

[merrileemakes]

You know what's cool and fun*? Puttering around doing life and then getting reminded that we actually, not that long ago, all went through a traumatic, life-altering pandemic.

I was sorting through my storage cube of sewing bits and pieces, putting all the alike bits together rather than having a box of chaos. Then realised that I've apparently been hoarding mask elastic.



There was a wild time in 2020/21 when there were no masks available to buy so people started sewing their own. Including me. That lead to a complete absence of small elastic in craft stores. You could no buy it for love nor money.

And then merely a year later is was on clearance. (Repeatedly, it seems.) And I've been buying it because you never know what fresh hell is around the corner.





*not actually cool or fun at all.

Comments

[threemeninaboat]

My mom is a seamstress, she did nothing but masks for 2 years. Paid off her dental work.
Our friend the leather worker converted his entire leather studio and just did fabric masks. He had a young lady running etsy and 2 other tailors just making masks.

I still wear the flannel ones in the snow, they are nice.

[merrileemakes]

I bought some masks off Etsy from an internationally travelling circus performer, who was then stuck in her home town with no source of income.

What a great and normal time we were all having.

[yourlibrarian]

I didn't make masks so didn't notice the elastic shortage, but it's something I bought a good bit of when Jo-Anne's shut down. I use them for sleep masks since, over time, they stretch out and will otherwise be unusable. I just sew new elastic onto them.