Sharon Albrechtsen has been as busy as she's ever been in the past week, sewing as fast as she can to keep up with demand for the reusable face masks she is making and selling.
"It's certainly been busy. I've probably made just under 100 so far."
When she isn't making masks, the Hāwera resident is kept busy in her day jobs, working as a business adviser as well as working in schools with students experiencing grief or loss. In addition, she also runs a side business, 2DYE4-Taranaki, making tie-dyed items to sell at markets around Taranaki.
"It was from that I started making the masks. I had made a couple in tie-dye and then someone asked me if I could make them plain, not tie-dyed. I tried out a few in a range of different fabrics, and the orders started coming in."