UPDATE: “Authorized Vac and Sew, 5233 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, California 93710, (559) 439-2560 – pattern kits can be purchased for $20 once the free material is gone – once the mask are made, drop them at Authorized Vac and Sew and we are delivering to Valley hospitals.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nkFkQXaUbQ&app=desktop
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – America’s sewing community is rushing to the aid of doctors, nurses and first responders.
People are lining up at sewing shops across the country, waiting in their cars to pick up kit to make homemade masks.
A grassroots call-to-action to meet a desperate shortage of masks for medical personnel, on the front lines in this war on a virus.
In Fresno, KMJ now – our Twitter feed – has a picture of the line of cars seen outside Blackstone and Barstow at the Vac & Sew.
How to videos are providing details how to make the masks out of items as simple as fabric and even coffee filters.
Videos are being posted and shared all over Facebook and other social media.
