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title: "Florence face mask: Designer Notes"
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When the COVID-pandemic swept the globe in early 2019, and a shortage of PPE
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followed, it became obvious we were going to need a lot of face masks.
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So I set out to design this pattern, and also ended up making a whole bunch of
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them for the local university hospital. Because I was rather early to fill
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this need, it was picked up by a variety of publications, such a Forbes, the
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New York Times, and a bunch of others.
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As a result, this simple design probably did more to let people know
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FreeSewing exists than any other thing I've ever done. Which is something I
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try not to think about too much.
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Obviously, these kind of home-made mask are no substitute for professional PPE,
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but you knew that.
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joost
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