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Author, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida designs useful items brimming with personality. She crafted this adorable bear stopper to prevent that chilly winter air from seeping under your door and not only is this project a fantastic scrap buster, but it's beginner-friendly and a fun introduction to very easy patchwork, basic hand-embroidery, and appliqué with a sewing machine. For a more streamlined look, simply omit the bear elements. This is a super fast and satisfying project that makes a wonderful cold-weather gift. Approximately 36” wide x 5” high.
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Fabric - quilting cotton, linen, cotton/linen blends and wool in the following amounts:
- Piece 1: Fabric 1 (Bear face + ears): ¼ yard
- Piece 2: 11” wide x 11” high
- Piece 3: 4” wide x 11” high
- Piece 4: 9” wide x 11” high
- Piece 5: 5” wide x 11” high
- Piece 6: 6” wide x 11” high
- Fabric 2 (Snout): scrap piece
- Fabric 3 (nose): scrap piece
- Cotton, wool or synthetic batting (beans or rice would work too)
- Sewing machine
- Coordinating thread
- Marking tool
- Fabric shears
- Hand sewing needle
- Embroidery needle
- Embroidery floss in black
- Seam ripper
- Clear gridded ruler for cutting the rectangles (optional)
- Iron and ironing surface
Downloads:
- Sew a draft stopper with an adorable bear face
- Sew basic patchwork and appliqué with a sewing machine
- Embroider the backstich by hand
- Evenly add stuffing to a long and skinny project
- Sew the slip stitch by hand
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Sew a Scrappy Bear Draft Stopper Reviews
21 users recommended this class to a friend
Ardak Kassenova
Such a cute bear drought stopper! Thank you Sanae for a very detailed and thorough class! I want to try to add the head to my existing one, which is a bit old and slightly shorter than the length of the door. I have some fabrics leftovers from the curtains I made for the kitchen, so I could make a completely new cover with a head of a bear or a cat, which would also match my kitchen windows as well (which is faces the entrance door:)) there’s already handmade drought stopper for the kitchen French doors from the same fabric, so they’ll look like a set. and using the existing one I’ll save myself the hassle of filling up the long tube, which as I remember was more difficult than making the case itself.
2 days ago