AMES, IA — During a critical face mask shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, home sewers responded by pulling out fabric stashes, threading their machines and getting to work. Recently ...

TRAVERSE CITY — An online army of fabric-focused volunteers spent much of 2020 sewing personal protective equipment for area medical workers and others. In particular, the Seamstresses for Safety ...

Since this story published on March 23, 2021, Sew Masks 4 Cincy founder Esther Kang now says it's time for the project to end. "After a lot of thought and reflection, we have decided it is time to ...

These days, face coverings are available for purchase just about everywhere goods are sold. But not so long ago, they were hard to come by. Local group South Salish Mighty Masks mobilized in March to ...

Marina Nichols doesn’t yet have her driver’s license nor her own car, but she’s combating the coronavirus pandemic armed with another piece of machinery: Her aunt’s hand-me-down sewing machine, which ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Following new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone wear a non-medical, cloth face covering in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, ...

"It's something I felt like I could do for the community." With a severe shortage of masks, volunteers are offering a solution to health care workers on the front lines of the novel coronavirus ...

During a critical face mask shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, home sewers responded by pulling out fabric stashes, threading their machines and getting to work. Recently published ...