A note from Pamela to all of the amazing and generous sew-ers making face masks for those in need:

Did you know that Fantastic Elastic can be cut lengthwise down to 1/4" wide? That means that each 4 yd package will yield 20 - 24 yds of soft durable elastic for face mask making!

If you want to know more about the best practices for cutting the elastic to narrow widths, watch this short video: https://youtu.be/RCs3_FKimj0

Here at Pamela's Patterns, this year will always be remembered, among other things, as The Great Elastic Shortage of 2020!

Thank you for your service to others

I have had the unique opportunity to work with hundreds of women over the years to help them achieve a good fit from commercial patterns. While doing this, I found that many of the pattern adjustments we were doing were consistent for the majority of women. As a result, the patterns have been designed to reflect these common changes, resulting in less changes to the pattern and garment during the construction process. Commercial patterns go through a computer drafting program that doesn't allow for these common changes to be made. Pamela's Patterns are hand drafted with many prototypes before they go into production. I hope you enjoy these patterns as much as I enjoyed making them!

- Pamela Leggett

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