How To Make 3 Pleats In A Face Mask

How To Make 3 Pleats In A Face Mask. Make sure the opening for the nose wire on the back it at the top. Make sure the side channels are wide enough for a safety pin to go through.

Simple Surgical Style 3 Pleats Face Mask Pattern
Simple Surgical Style 3 Pleats Face Mask Pattern from shanniemakes.com

This is made from one piece of fabric that is folded. Nose wire is not needed the sewn in pleats keep the mask on your nose. Place the two pieces of fabric, right sides together, to sew a 0.6cm seam on the top & bottom, creating a tube.

2) use pins to secure the pleats (see picture) 3) after pleating the width of the mask should be 2.5 inches (see picture)


1) divide the fabric into 3 parts and make the 3 pleats. Then, take the bottom edge and fold it over 2″ toward the center. Who doesn’t recommend a specific sewing pattern, but they do give guidelines on what mask designs are best.

Stitch very close to the mask side of the channel, and thread the elastic onto a safety pin and push through the channel.


Make sure the opening for the nose wire on the back it at the top. Take that same edge and fold it back toward the bottom of the mask. Fold about 2/3 of it back up.

This video tutorial accompanies the printable sewing pattern pack recently released on my shop.


While making these masks i wanted to show you the many ways a face mask can be made. Make sure the side channels are wide enough for a safety pin to go through. Pinch the fabric and pleating board together and fold them up toward the top.

Clip to secure the fold.


2.5cm each in size, using steam or pins to hold. Instructions for making the mask: Start with the top pleat.

This is made from one piece of fabric that is folded.


Fold the raised fabric downward and pin it. And it allows you to have a face mask option without having to sew pleats! Sewing pleats can be tricky if you’ve never done it before, as well as if you are relatively new to using a sewing machine.

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