Choosing Fabric for Sewing a Sleeping Mask

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Hi, I'm Candi Cane Canncel with Expert Village. In this clip we're going to talk about sleeping mask. I personally love sleeping with the sleeping mask because my house doesn't really get as dark as I would like it to be. I like to sleep when it's very, very dark so when you're making a sleeping mask you want to consider number one allergies. If you have any type of allergies to fabrics or fibers that's something to definitely take into consideration. Because it's on your face your so close to your nose you don't want to use anything with a wool or animal based fiber like that. Cause you have if you are allergic to that with so close to your face it just wouldn't work. So what I really like to do is a soft kind of somewhat between a fake fur and velvet. This is what I'm going to be using is this fabulous zebra print. It kind of looks like a little bit like a fake fur but also it's a lot softer, it feels like a velar. But it also has a woven back and it's quiet thick so it won't be to heavy when you use it as a sleeping mask. Because that's another thing you want to consider you don't want to wear anything on your face that's going to be really heavy or really bulky. You want something light as possible. To line this I'm going to use this ultra suede, ultra suede is this fabric that is really popular in the 60s. More and more you can actually find it in really cool colors and this is just like a pink. It's also a synthetic fabric it kind of feels like a little bit also like valor but it's really soft also like a terry cloth. But it doesn't have thing as the terry cloth does. The other thing we're going to be using is ribbon or elastic because you do need something to tie the mask on or to slip it over your head with the elastic. You want something that is going to be sturdy enough but not something that is too thick but it's going to be tight and not mess up your hair when you sleep. The last thing to consider is whether or not you want to use trim around the edge of your sleeping mask. If you want to use marabou or a hand beading or sequence trim something just to give it a little extra dazzle, totally your call.

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