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How To Make A Door Stops

December 4, 2009, 11:53 am betterhomesgardens

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You'll never have to worry about getting a foot in the door again.

Finished size: 20 x 38cm

Gather your supplies

- Makes 1 doorstop: 30 x 50cm quality cotton fabric;
- Matching sewing thread;
- 30cm beaded wire;
- Scrap brown felt;
- Long silk scrap;

- 1kg rice

Here’s how

For each doorstop

STEP 1 Enlarge template, as directed, and cut out 3 fabric pear shapes and 2 felt leaf shapes.

STEP 2 Leaving a gap at bottom for filling and with right sides facing, stitch together the 3 pear shapes with a 5mm seam. Snip into seams at 1cm intervals and turn through.

STEP 3 Using a funnel, fill the shape with rice and neatly slipstitch the opening closed.

STEP 4 Sandwich end of a 10cm length of beaded wire between the felt leaves, then glue them together. For stem, wrap silk along two-thirds of length of 10cm-long wire; tie to secure.

STEP 5 Poke wire ends of stem and leaf into top of pear, then bend stem and leaf as desired

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Natalie Marwood09:43pm Wednesday 21st April 2010 ESTReport Abuse
I finally found the template! It's in the April 2009 edition of BH&G Magazine. Went back today through all the ones I had saved & so thankful to have found it - been wanting to make these doorstops for ages!
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stumpy01:08pm Saturday 23rd January 2010 ESTReport Abuse
I have seen the doorstopper. I am more of a knitter, but I am going to give the Door-stopper a go. Which me luck
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stumpy01:08pm Saturday 23rd January 2010 ESTReport Abuse
I have seen the doorstopper. I am more of a knitter, but I am going to give the Door-stopper a go. Which me luck
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flea_794302:30pm Sunday 10th January 2010 ESTReport Abuse
How about drawing your own pattern ... I found a picture in a colouring in book
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10:36pm Tuesday 05th January 2010 EST Report Abuse
it look like a great one
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