I decided we needed something a little heavier duty than my oven draft solution for the front door. I’m pleased with the end result: the legs of one pair of old jeans sewn together and stuffed loosely with other cast-off clothing. It keeps the cold air out, stays in place, and doesn’t show dirt.

Come [...]

Every winter, a cold breeze emerges from underneath our stove. This year I got smart and decided to block it off.

First, I cut the legs off of a pair of old pants:

That was wider than I needed, so I cut it in half and trimmed off the [...]

I found this Debbie Mumm fleece remnant at my local fabric store and turned it into warm pants for my little girls using some existing pants as patterns:

I cut Emma’s out on the fold so that I had one less seam to sew (the outer leg seam) and to keep more [...]