Making Do

A few weeks ago I had a fitted sheet that was of no more use as a sheet so I cut it into rags. When I was done I was left with the elastic from around the edge. I thought it was a shame to toss it if I could use it for something. I took a seam ripper and removed the fabric from off the elastic. I was left with a really long piece of perfectly good elastic.~smile~ I set it aside and thought I may use it for a future sewing project.

Two weeks later I started making masks and the elastic I salvaged was just perfect for it. Yay!
I saved the money I would have had to spend on buying elastic for the masks and I kept something out of the landfill.

My sister asked me to make some masks for her and her family so I started sewing them this morning. I had run out of elastic so I thought I would just use fabric ties. I tried that but they didn't look the best and it seemed like it would be a lot of work to put them on and take them off.

However due to the pandemic we are not going out for shopping unless we really need to so I couldn't just pop over to Walmart and grab some more elastic. What to do? I had a peek in the linen closet and found another fitted sheet that had seen better days and ta-da more elastic! I keep the fabric to use the good parts for another project and the rest can be made into rags or ties for garden plants.

I was so happy to be able to finish the masks and save more money by making do with what we had on hand.~smile~

Blessings,
Liisa