Purell and toilet paper aren't the only items flying off store shelves as coronavirus spreads. Masks have also become a hot commodity, so much so that hospitals across the country have begun sending ...
As healthcare workers have been left with personal protective equipment (PPE) in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic, companies and individuals—from Matouk to Apple—have stepped in to ...
Cloth masks that the federal government advises will help stem the spread of coronavirus are in short supply. The answer? Make them yourself. And you don’t even have to have a sewing machine. Alia ...
Haylee Rupright, 26, wondered if she was pushing it too hard. In one night, she and her 20-year-old sister Emilee had made 16 face masks out of Haylee's extra quilting fabric, using the sewing ...
When the coronavirus pandemic escalated in late March, frontline facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and grocery stores across the nation began to experience shortages of personal ...
Abby's Angel Closet was founded last May to sew items that could be used by cancer patients, injured people and those with the grim task of burying infants. Addressing health workers' needs amid an ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Bohn: 60 years of sewing helps. MakeHaven volunteers have sewn 402 face masks for nonprofits and ...
Like countless Minnesotans in this COVID-crushed economy, Katherine Elliot recently found herself without a job. A fashion designer by avocation, she supported herself with a great day job — selling ...