Masks | photo by | The Wright
Wright State University (WSU) student Christine Moser is helping in the fight against coronavirus by making and shipping masks all over the United States.
Making and shipping masks
“I've been sewing for two and a half weeks now,” said Moser. “And I've probably averaged four or five hours sewing a day.”
With the help of her mom and her Etsy account, Moser has now made over 500 masks and shipped them to 31 different states.
Etsy is an online shop that focuses on homemade, vintage and craft supplies.
“I update my Etsy in the evenings, so I’ll sew all day, or however long I’m gonna sew, and then I'll update my inventory on Etsy,” said Moser. “I’ll have them sell out throughout the night or in the morning.”
Getting started
When the pandemic first began, Moser’s brother enlisted her help. His girlfriend works for an eye doctor and needed a mask, but the hospitals were already starting to collect masks from people at a lower risk. This left her without a mask for her job.
Moser made the first mask for her brother’s girlfriend but then realized she should have been making them all along.
“I was like ‘oh my gosh, why haven't I been making masks?’ I have all this fabric, the sewing equipment, the thread and elastics,” siad Moser. “My brother started it because his girlfriend needed masks and then I just kept going because why not.”
Crafting and sewing are not new to Moser. This is something she learned from an early age.
“I've always knitted. Knitting was my big thing,” said Moser. “When I was younger, my mom taught me and from there it’s kind of branched out. It started with knitting but now I’m doing a lot.
