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 ...

Social distancing has handed many of us a quantity of free time that we're still learning how to handle. We find ourselves ready to dive head first into long-delayed creative projects. And with the ...

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 ...

Heaps of fabric scraps, discarded from shows past, are abruptly finding themselves thrust into a fresh role at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre: homemade face masks to shield against the spread of covid ...

Crafty people are stepping up to create homemade masks for health care workers facing shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. Volunteers across the nation have formed sewing groups, where they share ...

Sarah Genova sat down at her sewing machine on Saturday and made about 30 face masks. On Sunday, she was back at, hoping she can donate her homemade masks to medical professionals on the front line ...

Sewers are being hailed as grassroots soldiers on the front line against the spread of coronavirus as Twin Cities health care and elder facilities plea for them to make and donate face masks. “My ...

With our free press under threat and federal funding for public media gone, your support matters more than ever. Help keep the LAist newsroom strong, become a monthly member or increase your support ...

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 ...

Hospitals are starting to request cloth face masks, as they find themselves amidst a worldwide shortage. “Community Help Needed!” Wise Health System in Decatur posted on Facebook Friday. “The critical ...

Let me tell you from the get-go that the creator of one of the nation’s largest and most diverse grass-roots mask-making efforts did not intend to start a movement, to mobilize the masses, to spend ...