As concerns grew over the shortage of masks and mask covers for health-care workers, Maria Varela, a fashion-studies major at Columbia College Chicago, realized that her ability to sew had new value. “I have the exact skill people are calling out for,” she says.
Varela soon joined the faculty in her department on #ColumbiaMakesMasks, a project to create covers for medical-grade N95 masks to prolong their usable life, with an initial goal of producing 2,000 of them. More than 50 students, faculty, and staff signed up to participate. They were mailed mask-making kits, which included 100-percent-cotton fabric; flat, braided elastic; thread; sewing instructions; and a prepaid return envelope.
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