Joann Fabrics Will Give You Supplies To Make Face Masks For Nurses and Doctors
Are you a crafter or sewer? Do you live near a JOANN fabric store? If so they have an excellent opportunity to help get masks and gowns to medical workers in your area.
In a press release, JOANN stores laid out their plan to let people come into their working classrooms, and make masks and gowns for FREE, as long as you plan to donate them.
Beginning Monday, March 23, while adhering to social distancing guidelines, JOANN will open its classrooms to any who want to help make these essential items. Participating locations will offer sewing machines, materials and guidance to help customers safely make facemasks and covers, gowns and other items to donate to America’s hospitals. JOANN will provide and donate 100% of the supplies needed for these projects for those who come in to make.
JOANN Press Release
Those who want to make-to-give to the effort at home will be able to take advantage of JOANN’s Ship-to-Home and Curbside Pickup options, and find tutorials to create the items at joann.com/maketogive.
JOANN Press Release
Hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country are scrambling to find enough PPE — Personal Protective Equipment — including masks and gowns to deal with this coronavirus epidemic.
This is a GREAT way to help donate to the cause! Reusable masks and gowns would GREATLY help the medical community.
All open JOANN locations will serve as collection points for those making in their homes, and all items created by customers will be donated to help medical systems extend their dwindling supplies of protective equipment, and will be used at the hospital’s discretion.
JOANN Press Release
Now, at first, I’ll admit, I wondered why JOANN fabric stores wouldn’t just provide fabric, thread, and elastic to people that wanted to make masks and gowns from home.
But, think about it. Not everyone is as honest as you and me. They could potentially lose TONS of product and money, if they just handed out free fabric and supplies.
JOANN is giving a DEEP discount on cotton fabric, and the supplies you will need to make masks at home.
Then, you just drop them off to any JOANN store, and they will have them delivered for you. It couldn’t be easier.
I made a few masks for my family. I used the pattern on YouTube, there are a few. My daughter has made a bunch and already donated to some of the nurses in the Corpus Christi, area. I like to help I have the fabric but need elastic. Please let me know if you have elastic for the masks and I can go pick up.
I’m a Nurse in Oklahoma and I’m in need of masks! Please
Would love to help but need the fabric n supplies n no way to pick it up ty
If we are on lock down in our town how we get out to get these supplies
This morning I called Joann Fabrics to ask if they still had mask making kits. Sure, we have them. I wanted to make sure before I made the trip out of my way while my city is on quarantine. When I arrived at the store in 20 minutes the sales girl said we don’t have anymore. Oh wait let me check. She returns with bags of fabric. I asked about the other needed supplies. We ran out yesterday. I’m thinking to myself are you kidding me. No elastic, no thread or no instruction sheet. My question is why would you promote something you didn’t plan for? Excellent idea poor planning and execution!!!!?
Where are the patterns please
Hello, I would like to make the masks properly. And Donate.
This is Nancy
There are numerous how-to videos out there. turbanproject.com is one of them. I’m certain that you tube will give you a number of them. Pick the one that you feel comfortable making if Joann’s doesn’t give you a pattern.
Hello, I would love to learn how to sew mask to donate to doctors and nurses.
I would like to help too please.
Can you send me a how to make masks for beginners?
Maria
This would be a wonderful way to give back to those folk working on the front line. Also keeping us in a positive frame of mind and busy with what we crafters like to do best and that’s creating something useful?
Have material but need to know how to make them. Do you have a pattern? Or instructions on how to do it
Would like to help I am a senior who usually does a lot of shopping at Joanne in West Warwick .would like the pattern and directions would pay for the fabric myself if they have me a discount
I ok want to help I made some from what I had
Coos Bay Hospital in Coos Bay is asking for some.. I can sew but don’t have supplies.
Would love to help, but didn’t see patterns for them. I even buy the supplies my self. Thinking for all who have to work care center staff, police yes doctors and nurses, stir staff. God Bless and please be save
I can help. My local store at Prince Frederick, MD 20678 is closed. I prefer to make these from my home for my own protection as well as others. How can I get your supplies and instructions?
Me too in St. Mary’s co. Md. Made some need more supplies. How can we get them.
Would love to help
Willing to help make these masks if I could figure out how to sign up for materials…..
I’m already helping, but need more supplies. Thank you for doing this.
Do you have any elastic for pick up. I have the other material but need elastic. Can pick up from menomonee falls wi store.
would like to help, can material be delivered
Would like to help!
I heard that the hospitals could not use these because they need to be sterilized first.
I’m in West Point, Ms. I will drive to the nearest store to pick up material to help the people of Westpoint. Please let me know. North Mississippi Medical Center WP
would like to help can material be delivered?
Would like to Help. Near clermont…I cant Drive far, thank you
I wanna help
Would like to help. Altoona Pa