One of the tricks in Sara Noel’s Frugal Village column today is on how to create a draft stopper that stays with the door.

Here’s the clip from the column posted on her web site. You’ll also find her column on page 3E of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News:

CHEAP DRAFT STOPPER: Instead of the towel in front of the door, I make a draft stopper. You take 12 inches of material about 36 inches wide. (I have holiday and plain.) Make lines across at 5-1/2 inches and 6-1/2 inches, fold the material to those lines, sew them, and then sew across one end. Tightly stuff each side with polyfill. I use a ruler to pack it in, and then I sew that end closed. Then you slide it under your door, and you have a log on each side. When you open and close the door, it moves with the door so you don’t have to constantly replace it after the door is closed. It blocks the drafts, is convenient, and costs about $1.50 to make. It’s also washable. For the first one I made, I used a pair of old sweat pants that I was going to throw away, and I used the filling from an old pillow. — J.D.R., Pennsylvania