This article comes with a PDF that repeats the instructions below and also includes a cut-and-stitch pattern to help make your fabric face mask.

The CDC now recommends people wear face coverings in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here's how you can make a fabric mask at home.

The fabric is coated to prevent fraying so that you don’t need to finish it with a sewing machine or even a thread and needle. You just select a pattern, cut, fold, then throw it on.