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Working on learning to add boning to masks to keep the fabric off the wearer's face, since my biggest issue so far has been that when I take a deep breath the lining tries to adhere itself to my nostrils. Have been using 8-inch plastic zipties so far and cutting the fastening bit off the end, then using a jewelry file on the corners before encasing the things.

Still a little awkward at the process and have not yet attempted to combine boning with a nose fitting strip. one step at a time. right now I have a bunch of mask pieces that are left over from cutting out too many parts from various fabrics, I'll be using those as my test beds for learning boning.

might have to get longer zip ties to go all the way across the face, not really sure.

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Meant to note that I went for a walk yesterday and saw, among other things, a Cooper's hawk.

also I can now understand "OH SHIT YOU GUYS!!" in two different bird systems, thanks to the bluejay that tipped me off to the hawk diving under the trees and through the neighbor's yard.

(I learned to recognize red-winged blackbird alarm calls this spring. Although red-winged blackbirds tend to repeat that sound when they hear other blackbirds making it, so it's either an alarm call or a whole swampful of birds yelling OH SHIT YOU GUYS!! for ten minutes at a time because nobody remembered to say IT'S OKAY THE THREAT IS GONE NOW!.