The young Dunedin seamstress and entrepreneur has taken to her sewing machine once again to supply the city with masks.
Rosie said her business, Rosie’s Hand Made, had already fulfilled over 100 mask orders, and she had been working hard to keep up with her backlog.
She took orders online and customers picked up their products through a contactless system.
She first started selling masks last year, but the demand was much higher than it had ever been during this lockdown.
Last year people had more time to prepare for lockdowns and masks were not mandatory in as many places, which meant more people needed them, she said.
When the threat of Covid-19 was less present, Rosie spent her time creating all manner of goods, such as wheatbags and sacks for swimming gear.
Now she had put all of her energy into making masks, which were an item both in demand and of benefit to the community.
"Masks can really save people’s lives," she said.
She kept the price low to make sure they were affordable.
Masks were being sold for $10, and a dollar from each went towards Heart Kids Otago.
Rosie was inspired to support the organisation by her younger sister, who was born with a heart condition.
She used the money from her last run of masks to buy better equipment, which made the process "way faster."
The masks took only about five minutes to make and she was in a good position to create them on a large scale.
Her mother had a stash of fabric saved up, which she used to create most of the masks, she said.
