Thanks,
@frodo! Those are so cool.
Tony seems like a nice guy from the video. He made sure to explain everything very carefully & he had the right angle that I could replay bits to see what he was doing if I blinked & missed it. Saddle stitching is something I will have to practice.
I saw another video:
He made a detachable liner. Although, I would have sewn the snaps on before attaching the side bits and hidden the thread under the side parts. I have some leather from a craft store but it's pretty thin. I also need to check the couch seat leather down at the workshop & see if it's still any good. I'm debating between sewing some sort of liner in for comfort or having it completely detachable (but with more points of contact than the one in the above video).
I was thinking of either cutting a separate strip of leather to fold over the top (similar to how the side pieces were folded and attached) and have a flex band in it to get the mask to conform to the face OR I could leave the top leather a little long and fold it over as sort of a hem but with the flex band inside. Another option would be to take some cloth that doesn't stand out too much from the leather and that is comfortable to skin and sew it on. I wonder if I could just glue felt or some sort of cloth on the inside just for lining and then have a detachable lining. I discovered there are washable absorbent bra pads for breastfeeding women that are about the right shape and size for a detachable piece.
The detachable lining in the video is a bit sloppy. I would want to have it fit better- plus I want the flex band to contour to the face. My friend wants elastic loops that go around the ears & can be adjusted.
I need to get some printer ink to print the pattern (ink costs almost as much as the damn printer). It's refusing to print in black ink bc it's low on cyan or something (despite me selecting "black and white" for printing).
For the removable pad, I want to sew pockets on to the part closest to the vents/holes and slide disposable filters in. That way there's extra protection. I figure an absorbent pad designed to be against sensitive skin won't be so bad touching someone's face. LOL. But, I could be wrong.