Inspire Me: Orinda family’s face-mask making campaign becomes community effort

What started as a “fun project” for two sewing sisters during the ongoing coronavirus emergency has grown into a humanitarian effort involving the sisters, their family, and a group of 15 to 20 friends, so far creating and donating about 200 cloth face masks to area hospitals, senior care homes and individuals.

Larissa Kosla of Orinda said her daughters, Audrey and Grace Kosla — both avid sewing fans — recently received from one of their aunts a link showing how to sew fabric into the sort of face masks that have been immensely popular, and in some places, mandatory when going out into public.