Draught Excluder

[SewRuthieSews]

I was about to start making a plain beige draught excluder for the front door.
However DH wanted to know if it would have a tongue, apparently remembering a snake draught excluder from his youth.
So now I'm off to research novelty draught excluders - sigh.

[Lachica]

A red felt tongue, a couple of googly eyes - sorted!

[Cazlyn]

A draught excluder is on my list too.

[HenriettaMaria]

I made several sausage dog excluders in various fabrics in my teens.  From memory all that was needed was to slope off one end to make a snout, add four smaller sausages as legs at the sides and two teardrop-shaped ears, plus two googly eyes, one button nose and a red felt tongue.  No pattern was used.  A snake would need a curved slope-off for the front and a tapered tail, but wouldn't need ears and legs, or, for that matter a nose.  Just googly eyes and a felt forked tongue!

My friends have a great draught excluder - it's designed to look like a London underground tube train of three carriages, but I am sure that was a purchase.

[Pearl]

I made several sausage dog excluders in various fabrics in my teens.

I won a prize for one I made when I was a Girl Guide.   

[Gernella]

Years ago, before we had double glazed doors added to the outer front porch, we had a thick curtain put up at the front door as the side pieces were all glass.  It works very well, especially since even the inner front door is all glass panels and when the hall lights are on you feel as if you might be on show.  We're on the  second one now and I have to admit I had it made to measure.

[Ouryve]

Back when I was small and we were living in badly insulated prefabricated army quarters, with nothing but a coal fire, a single, massively inefficient storage heater and a paraffin heater for warmth, my mum would save all her tights to make draught excluders.

[Catllar]

We've got draught excluders on the upstairs doors as the lounge is open to the mezzanine floor and there are 7 unheated rooms up there we don't use much. Can feel the cold dropping down if the draught excluders have moved. I made them from old sari fabric and stuffed with whatever was in the scrap bag.

[Hummingbird]

If you need one on an internal door that opens often, consider sewing a flat channel down the centre of the fabric which is slightly wider than the door thickness. Stuff both sides of it then slide under the door. Then it can stay in place when the door opens and closes. (probably not useful if you have thick carpet though as perhaps too much friction).

[Sheilago]

I made several sausage dog excluders in various fabrics in my teens.

Me too, then I made one for my prospective in laws. They treasured it for years. I wonder where it went. :thinking:

[annierose]

I made snake ones and stuffed them with tights, that followed us around. How happy I am to live in a nice well insulated house now - I used to trip over them a lot!