DIY Door Stopper // Easy Door Stopper Sewing Pattern

Learn how to make this easy door stopper to keep your doors from slamming shut.

Below you will find my step by step written tutorial with VIDEO instructions for all the visual learners.

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How to make the door stopper

Supplies and tools

fabric – home decor fabric
2.5cm (1″) wide webbing for the handle
my easy door stopper pattern (below)
polyester stuffing
filling: weighted filler beads like glass beads or poly pellets or rice, beans, wheat grains, or gravel
matching thread
scissors (or rotary cutter and a cutting mat)
ruler or measuring tape
iron and ironing board
sewing clips or pins

DOWNLOAD: Easy Door Stopper Sewing Pattern [Free pdf file]

How to Sew a door stopper

Watch the diy door stopper video first and then follow the written step by step instructions below.
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Door Stopper VIDEO TUTORIAL

MATERIALS:

Fabric: 38 x 25cm (15 x 10″) canvas or home decor fabric
Webbing: 2.5cm x 15cm (1 x 6″)
Polyfill
Weighted filler: I suggest using glass beads or poly pellets but if you don’t have any you can use rice, beans, wheat grains, or gravel
- use either glass pellets or poly pellets if you want to be able to throw the door stopper in the wash
- if you use rice, beans, wheat grains, or gravel you will need to only spot clean the door stopper

INSTRUCTIONS:

STEP 1:

Download and print the pattern at 100% (no scaling) on A4 or US letter paper. Tape the two pieces of paper together and trim the excess.

The seam allowance used in the pattern is 6mm (1/4″) unless stated otherwise.

STEP 2:

Cut 2 pieces of home decor fabric according to the pattern.

STEP 3:

Fold the top down 6mm (1/4″) towards the wrong side on both pieces of fabric.

STEP 4:

Place the two pieces of fabric together with the folded ends on top. Clip or pin together. Sew the sides and the bottom using 6mm (1/4″) seam allowance. Make sure to backstitch at the beginning and the end of each seam.

STEP 5:

Box the corners:

Reach into a corner and open it. Bring the side and bottom seams together, matching the seams. Pin together. Repeat for the other corner

STEP 6:

Stitch the corners, backstitching at the beginning and the end

STEP 7:

Turn the door stop right side out.

STEP 8:

Align the folded top edges with the seams on each side.

STEP 9:

Use a ruler to find the middle of the top and mark it.

STEP 10:

Fill with your chosen filler (in my case this is rice).

STEP 11:

Fill the rest of the doorstop with polyfill. Do not overstuff it. You just need it to keep the shape.

STEP 12:

Take your piece of webbing and melt the edges with a lighter to prevent fraying.

TIP: if you don’t have webbing, you can make the handle using a piece of thin rope or a piece of the same fabric folded bias style and sewn shut.

STEP 13:

To make the handle fold the webbing in half and insert in in the middle of the top, making sure it is centered. Push the raw edges about 1 -1.5cm (3/8″ – 1/2″) in. Pin or clip in place

STEP 14:

Push the polyfill away from the seam and pin about 1cm (3/8″) away from the seam. This will make the closing seam easier to sew.

STEP 15:

Change your standard sewing foot for a zipper foot and sew straight across as close to the edge as possible. Take your time to sew this as straight as possible.

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