A few days ago a friend of mine mentioned that he intended to buy a draught stopper (one of those little weighed tubes of fabric that you put at the base of a door to stop air from leaking in or out). I was appalled. Who buys something like that? So I made one for him.
It’s super easy. Just one piece of fabric, three seams, and some rice. Cut a rectangle of fabric that’s about 15cm wide, and as long as the door (plus seam allowance).
Fold it in half and sew the ends and side together, leaving a 10cm gap about halfway along to fill it with.
Trim the corners, turn the tube inside out, and iron it flat.
Fill it partway with dry rice; enough to spread across the bottom of the entire tube.
Slip-stitch the tube closed. Voila! Draught stopper!
i’d probably end up eating the rice before it reached the draught stopper lol. cooked, of course. i’m that inlove with rice…
Maybe try dry beans or metal beebees instead?
yeah, my mom uses ones she made with beans, because our house is super old and the doors and windows can be draughty!
I made several of these a few years ago and used playground sand as a filler. I went around twice with the sewing machine when I sewed it together so I wouldn’t end up with busted seams and sand everywhere. It’s been over 5 years and it’s still in great shape.
Awesome, sand is a great idea! Did you seal it into a plastic bag before sewing it into the fabric? I know sand has a tendency to get everywhere 😛