Sewing Supplies in High Demand as People Make Their Own Masks

A worker at Rough Linen sews fabric masks in San Rafael, Calif., on April 6. Rough Linen, a maker of handcrafted linen bedding, has changed its production line and is now making fabric masks that are being donated to local hospitals and healthcare workers. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Due to the shortage of protective masks, people have been making them at home or switching from their usual fabric-related business to mask production. As a result, sewing machines and supplies are in high demand.

Epoch Times staff called sewing machine stores around the San Francisco Bay Area and learned that these stores have been especially busy lately.

Active in San Jose

Raza Ebrahim is the owner of California Sewing and Vacuum in San Jose and two other stores in the Bay Area. He also owns two sewing stores in Hawaii. He has been flying back and forth between the two stores, helping people.