Assiut/Assuit

Assiut Virtual Holiday Market – Assiut Fans Facebook Group

November 9, 2020

Assiut Virtual Holiday Market “Free to Post – Free to Shop” Assiut Fans Facebook Group Weekly Posts Every Monday Nov. 7, 2020 – Jan. 1, 2020 This year I’ve teamed up with my “Cloth of Egypt” co-author, photographer Alisha Westerfeld to host an assiut themed shopping/selling event in our Assiut Fans assiut group. This […]

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Assiut Mask Makes TV Appearance

October 14, 2020

Over the past few months, I’ve been making and sending assiut masks made from scraps and pieces of past projects. It’s been a lot of fun – and a lot of work – but I’ve run out of scraps and pieces. I might make some more masks in the future, but I will have to […]

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Assiut Mask Project: Part 4 – Orders & Shipping

August 4, 2020

Hello gang! At the time of this writing, this project is in full swing. I’m using scraps and left-over bits and pieces of assiut, I will run out of fabric very soon! This project is really using scraps, so most of the pieces are smaller than the mask pattern I developed back in April. Click […]

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Assiut Mask Project: Part 3 – Order of Construction

July 20, 2020

Are you the kind of person who reads directions for a pattern first? Perhaps you like to dive in and figure it out, only referring to the directions in times of need? Or are you like me, rarely using commercial patterns so you have to figure out how to sew things together on your own? […]

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Assiut Mask Project: Part 2 – Materials Prep

July 10, 2020

After I made an estimate of how much assiut I have available, I calculated how many masks I could make with my in-house supply of scraps, parts, and leftover pieces. I estimated I could make about 50 masks, so I took orders up to that point, and then started a “wish list” just in case […]