THE SHORTAGE of face masks for frontline health-care workers could be offset by making your own at home instead of buying them online. Here's a simple pattern you can use to make your own PPE.

Best homemade face masks: the easiest and most stylish patterns, tried and tested With face masks now manadatory in shops, what is the best way to make your own at home?

Whether you're a whizz with a sewing machine or have never picked up a needle in your life, these patterns mean anyone can make a mask.

Pull the mask on by fitting the hair elastic around ears and making sure the end tails of fabric are against your face so the mask stays put. How to make a face mask with fabric using needle and ...

Up to this point in the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials in the United States have advised healthy civilians against wearing face masks, despite a growing grassroots masks-for-all ...

Up to this point in the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials in the United States have advised healthy civilians against wearing face masks, despite a growing grass-roots masks-for-all ...

How to Sew a Fabric Face Mask A sewing pattern to use with common household materials By Tracy Ma and Natalie Shutler Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally.

If you're volunteering to make face masks for a health care center or hospital that has requested them (more below), visit the hospital's website -- some point to patterns they prefer for you to use.

Whether you're a whizz with a sewing machine or have never picked up a needle in your life, these patterns mean anyone can make a mask.