"Don't let Covid kill your glamour!"

That's the message my cousin Cathy wants to convey to all of you during these challenging times and I can't think of a more suitable person to express it.  Cathy begged me to make her a few masks to match some of her favorite outfits and I agreed.  She allowed me to snap this quick portrait as she was prepping for a très soigné outdoor cocktail party she was attending. Cathy's so haughty these days that keeping her social distance comes naturally.

Meanwhile, I have also felt inspired to whip up a few more matching masks. The results are much less glamorous than Cathy's rose print, but nevertheless fun and quick to sew up.  I continue to use the free Dhurata Davies pattern, with a few tweaks I covered in my previous blog post.

The lemon print shirt and matching mask!



The Wizard of Oz-themed poppy-print jacket and matching mask!


The poppy-print mask is lined in a contrasting black and white quilting cotton.


The color-blocked summer popover shirt and matching mask!


Michael's octopus-print shirt and matching mask!


The red, white, and blue cotton canvas jacket and matching mask!


And last but surely not least, the Singer Featherweight shirt and matching mask!


The matching Featherweight mask is lined in cotton gingham, repurposed from one of my very first sewing projects, boxers I made for Michael which were so badly sewn he never wore them!

Boxer from 2009 become mask in 2020!

I am very glad I saved so many fabric scraps from previous projects. I still have a lot more outfits to match!  By the way, we don't always wear our masks with matching ensembles: we like to mix and match (see below).


In closing, if you're wondering when I'm going to start sewing more than just masks, I think the answer is soon.  In the meantime, however, I'm riding my matchy-matchy mask mojo!

PS - Here's an article from Vogue all about finding stylish masks.  Are they as nice as mine though?  

Have a great day everybody and stay healthy!

Cathy way back when: carefree and mask-free!