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Mask fabric from a friend

Title (Dublin Core)

Mask fabric from a friend

Description (Dublin Core)

As soon as the CDC announced that the general public should start wearing masks whenever we are away from home I began making masks for myself, family, and friends. Unlike most people who sew I did not have a large stash of fabric to work with and the stores were out and even getting it from an online seller was taking four weeks. I reshared a picture of empty shelves at the Walmart fabric department someone else had taken and shared on Facebook and a woman I had only met once offered to send me fabric. I live in Texas and she lives in California. This is the box of fabric she sent via priority mail. I was so excited to receive this treasure. On top of that I've been getting elastic for mask making from another friend in Oklahoma who was able to order it wholesale, right before it became impossible to get.
I've sent 60 masks to a local prison, about 30-40 to the Window Rock Reservation Wellness Center, and have given and sold about another 100 to friends, family, and random people who found out I was making masks via Facebook.
I've also sent mask to several other states, including Ohio, Alaska, Michigan, and Kentucky, including masks made from the material in that box.

*Cotton fabric

Date (Dublin Core)

April 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

Clothing & Accessories
Art & Design
English Health & Wellness
English Community Service

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

mask
sewing
prison
reservation

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Image of a male doctor holding a sign which reads I stayed at work for you, you stay at home for us.Doctor asking us to stay home
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)

05/21/2020 HBR - reformatted date to MM/DD/YYYY. Moved type text into description and updated type to "Photograph".

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/19/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/12/2020
09/29/2020
08/02/2022
10/21/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/26/2020

Accrual Method (Dublin Core)

4631

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

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