The window by the desk in our bedroom has always been noticeably drafty. I've been meaning to make a draft stopper for one of our windows all winter--and now that it's actually warmed up a bit, I finally got around to it. To make a similar stopper, you will need fabric, coordinating thread and 5 lbs. rice (approx), plus the usual sewing essentials. Here's how I made it:
Gather materials: For a 34-inch long draft stopper I used almost 5 lbs. of rice
Measure and cut a piece of fabric 8 1/2-inches wide and as long as your window plus about an inch for seam allowance.
Once you have cut out the fabric, press it with a hot iron. Then fold the piece of fabric in half lengthwise with the wrong side of the fabric facing out. Pin the folded fabric.
Sew the two sides of the fabric together with about 1/2-inch allowance on your sewing machine. Back-stitch at both ends to reinforce the seam.
Once you've sewed the long side of the fabric, flip the tube around to sew one end of the tube shut; back-stitch both ends.
Turn the tube right side out.
Use either the non-graphite end of a pencil, a chopstick or other thin, pointy object to poke out the corners.
Insert the object into the tube and push into both corners for sharp right-hand angles.
Maneuver the tube so that you can fill it with rice. (I sort of held the tube with my knees and used my hands to hold the tube with tilting the rice bag.) Once full, fold the end of the fabric in on itself about 1/2 to 1-inch.
Use a couple of straight pins to secure the tube shut. Then hand-stitch the draft stopper closed.
4 comments:
Great idea but i really want to do this proyect, but one question: something i can replace the rice with... i don't like the idea of wasting food.
Maybe use sand instead?
Sand would require an inner liner to the tube. Otherwise it will definitely leak out into your floor or sills.
Thanks for your instructions, I appreciate your photos I am going to make one in green, gold, and white for Country Women's Assoc. we are having our 80th Birthday and we all have to make something in our colour of our badge to display on the day of our celebrations..And I certainly need draught stoppers at my doors here in winter, I am in a new home and it gets very cold at night..let you know how it goes
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