Draft Stoppers: How to Make DIY Door Socks
These DIY draft socks are super simple to make, inexpensive, and work well to stop the chilly drafts from under doors or from window sills.
Oh, and they are freakin’ adorable too! Here’s how to make your own.
Materials:
- Socks – pick nice long ones. Men’s woolly work socks are shown here, but knee socks would also be a great choice
- Dried popcorn
- Stuffing from old pillows, an old sweater, etc
- Fabric scrap
- Sewing machine or needle and thread
Directions:
1. Measure the length of the doorway or window you would like to use the draft sock on. Cut a length of fabric that is 1 inch longer than your measurement and 10 inches wide (you want the sock just slightly longer than the doorway, so it fits in snugly). Fold the fabric in half and pin. Using your sewing machine or needle and thread sew one end and the length of the fabric so that you have a long tube that is open at one end.
2. Fill tube alternately with dried popcorn and the stuffing you have chosen. Popcorn is used for weight, but it is also inexpensive and won’t go rancid like some other dried goods. The stuffing helps to give the sock a nice shape and insulates against the cold air. When the tube is really packed full all the way to the end, pin the end and sew it shut.
3. Turn socks inside out and sew the heels straight so that when the sock is covering the tube, the heels don’t protrude.
4. Pull the sock over your hand still inside out. Grab the end of the filled tube with your sock hand and unfold the sock over the tube.
5. Add the second sock of the pair to the other end, and overlap the first sock.
That’s it! An easy, cheap, effective, and stylish door sock in no time at all.
Tags: crafts, door socks, weekend project
January 15 2012 06:16 pm | Projects
Anne on 16 Jan 2012 at 5:50 am #
thanks for the popcorn idea! I’ve been meaning to do this all winter but beans are expensive!!!!!!!!!
xox
Jutta on 16 Jan 2012 at 10:09 pm #
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Jutta
Alisha on 17 Jan 2012 at 6:02 am #
This is adorable!! TFS!! Stopping by from You’re talking too much linky party and your newest follower here, FB and Pinterest.
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Draft Stoppers: How to Make DIY Door Socks | BC Home and Garden on 17 Jan 2012 at 12:26 pm #
[...] Oh, and they are freakin’ adorable too! Here’s how to make your own. [...]
Sarah on 19 Jan 2012 at 8:35 am #
I recently moved and have more drafty doors than I used to, so I will definitely be making some of these for our place. Thanks for the simple solution!
Tonia @ The Gunny Sack on 20 Jan 2012 at 12:41 pm #
It’s been windy and cold here so this is just what I need! Thanks for sharing!
~Tonia @TheGunnySack.com
Natasha on 21 Jan 2012 at 2:30 am #
what a very clever idea and so easy to do
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. on 23 Jan 2012 at 11:32 am #
What a cute and thrifty idea! Thanks so much for sharing!
Honey on 25 Jan 2012 at 4:54 pm #
Thank you for sharing this terrific tip at Potpourri Friday!
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narf7 on 01 Apr 2012 at 7:56 pm #
I am very impressed with this blog! Now all I have to do is wrestle a sock off the dog, find one without dog tooth marks in it, take a special trip into town to purchase a “nice” pair of socks (which will no doubt be pilfered the moment I get in the door by the dog) and find 10 minutes to sit down and make this lovely project. Thank you for these really lovely projects that make appropriate and most thoughtful gifts that anyone would want to receive. I am going to give my very first wind sock to the dog (because otherwise he will eat it anyway…sigh)