Sandbags for Windows
June 30th, 2007 by admin
CRAFTS
These are capital presents for grandmammas whose windows rattle in winter weather and let cold air in between the sashes.
You must measure the window, and cut in stout cotton cloth a bag just as long as the sash is wide, and about four inches across.
Stitch this all round, leaving one end open, and stuff it firmly with fine, dry sand. Sew up the open end, and slip the bag into an outer case of bright scarlet flannel, made just a trifle larger than the inner one, so that it may go in easily.
Lay the sand-bag over the crack between the two sashes, and on cold nights, when you are asleep, grandmamma will rejoice in the little giver of such a comfortable bulwark against the wind.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5,
Nov 1877-Nov 1878; No 1, Nov 1877
(Now in the Public Domain: not copyrighted in the United States)
NOTE: This would also be good to lay on the floor at the bottom of outside doors. I know in the winter where I live these would come in really handy to help keep out the cold air that seems to find a way in the house! The instructions would be the same for doors, you just need to make the correct larger measurements across the door.