mctreeleth: I made myself a pieced and quilted plague doctor...

[dragonlady7]

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mctreeleth:

I made myself a pieced and quilted plague doctor mask! 

Not for any real reason, I just realised I could so I did. It took about 5 hours of pattern drafting last night, and maybe 10 hours of actual sewing today.

I couldn’t find any fusible interfacing so instead it has two layers of cotton quilt batting, making it a bit softer and squishier than intended and also very very hot and very very hard to breathe through.

I pulled the lenses out of an old pair of sunglasses, and they can be popped out through the inside because I didn’t do a very good job on finishing the insides of the eye holes. 

The fabric is from a big stack of 10cm squares I cut about a decade ago. I will probably remake the pattern when I get some interfacing with some different prints and a couple of design tweaks, but also it has been a fun 36 hours of hyperfocus on a dumb pointless project and its 50/50 that I am over this now. 

Comments

[heartofoshun]

I'd wear one of those!

[dragonlady7]

I'm seriously considering how to make one.

[heartofoshun]

I'd want a more sinister realistic-looking one. The shape of that one is amazing, however.

[dragonlady7]

I have a lot of scrap denim and I really think it would be hilarious to do it in denim.
A plague jask!

[sabotabby]

I love it so much!

[dragonlady7]

I know! How could I really make one??? I'm considering it now.

[sabotabby]

I don't even have the skills to make a bog-standard facemask, let alone this. But it's so beautiful!

[dragonlady7]

It's apparently so hot as to be unwearable but now I'm trying to consider how I could make one that wasn't.

[szzzt]

Some videos I was watching recommended the fabric from recyclable tote bags (the ones that are sort of fuzzy plastic) as a replacement for interfacing, since it's also a non-woven material, and according to the video is breathable/wearable enough. Would have to be pretty stiff to support a plague doctor beak though XD

[shy_magpie]

I love the energy of a quilted plague doctor's mask with little butterflies and stars. Not sure how to articulate what that energy is but I love it.

[paean]

If you make one, please, please, please post your WIP picks for construction. I know I will never get around to making this myself, but I want the vicarious experience of doing something so awesome.