Ideal Bite

Draft Snake
1 hour

What You Need:

• 1/2 yd each of four scrap fabrics
• 5 lb bag of organic rice or dried beans
• Sewing machine
• Needle and thread

Directions:

1. Measure the width of your window or doorway. Your pieces of fabric, side by side, should add up to this width, plus an inch per piece to account for seams. All pieces should be 10 inches in length.

2. Pin two pieces together along the 10-inch edge with the sides that you want facing outward when you're done facing each other. Sew that edge - that assures the stitching won't show. Repeat until all four pieces are sewn together.

3. Fold the sewn fabric in half lengthwise, with the outsides facing and long edges even. Sew around all edges, leaving a 2-inch opening on one side.

4. Clip excess fabric from corners and turn snake right side out. Fill with beans or rice and stitch closed.

Show us yours - email us a pic of your draft snake to makeit@idealbite.com.