Sew a Sleep Mask by Sanae Ishida

All levels | 16 min 20 sec

Sew a Sleep Mask
Overview00:46
Materials01:15
Sew mask14:19

Taught by Sanae Ishida

Slumber is serious business when it comes to health and maximizing your beauty sleep. Artist, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida shows you how to whip up an easy and luxurious sleep mask. Learn how to use a template to cut your fabric pieces, work with fusible fleece, and sew the curves of your sleep mask with a sewing machine. A simple strip of foldover elastic provides a comfortable fit around your head. The best part of knowing how to DIY a sleep mask is how easy it is to tweak the shape to your liking, and you'll have so much fun making more in a variety of colors and fabrics, whether they're for special gifts or all for you.

Here’s what you’ll need:

11 ” x 5” fabric for mask (sherpa, velvet, cotton, cotton/linen blends, silk, rayon)
11 ” x 5” fabric for mask lining (velvet, cotton lawn, silk, rayon)
11 ” x 5” fusible fleece
12” of 1" foldover elastic
Coordinating thread
Marking tool
Fabric shears
Snips
Sewing machine
Hand sewing needle
Iron and ironing surface