Author Archives: Caroline Fernandes

Dearest Sewing Warriors, As of June 2020, we have donated over 2,000 masks to protect people in need from COVID-19 in southern Maine. It’s truly something to celebrate. We know how much care goes into making each of these handmade masks. Even if you donated 5 masks or 10 masks, know that your work hasContinue reading “2,000 Masks to Celebrate and More Work To Do”

We recently donated 56 custom masks to the Yarmouth Police Department. We’d like to say a big thank you to Greta Parsons, Holly Allen, and Diane Dupuis for helping us fill this special order!

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We hope you are enjoying this beautiful burst of spring! A couple notes about fabric and materials: Please remember to make your masks with 2 different colors/patterns. This way the wearer will be able to tell inside from outside. If you are in need of material kits we just did a big re-stock. There areContinue reading “Fabric Updates”

The Sewing Warriors have hit an amazing milestone. As of today, we have donated 1,000 masks that were sewn by this group. That’s 1,000 people in our community that we have helped to stay safe. Many sewers have made only 10 or 20 masks—everyone’s donation has mattered.  Some special thank you’s are in order. ThankContinue reading “1,000 Masks”

April 24th We’re proud to share that to date we have donated over 700 masks. Wow. And we’ve only been operating for a few weeks. Thank you so much for you donations. The facilities that we have donated to are all immensely grateful. We have a new request today for a few hundred masks for homelessContinue reading “Masks Needed for Portland Homeless Shelters”

Hopefully this website will make information and resources easily accesible for all. As of April 19th, we have donated 485 masks to organizations in need, including Mercy Urgent Care, Hospice of Southern Maine, Bay Square at Yarmouth, SequelCare, Coastal Manor, Hannaford employees and local asylum seeking families. These masks have been recieved with much appreciation.Continue reading “Hooray we have a website!”