Thursday, May 10, 2012

Rag Rug

I have hard wood floors throughout the entire house.  So I am in need of some more rugs.

But don't want to spend hundreds of dollars.

What's the solution?

I'll make my own...

I started small with this bath mat.  (recognize the basket, it's the Junk mail basket.)  It now holds our spare TP ;)


                                                        
 I grabbed some old baby material I had and a old bed skirt.  Cut them into 1 inch strips.  Then a piece of cardboard with 1 inch slots to help get started with
the weaving of the cloth




I tied 3 strips together to get a fuller effect.


Then took 1 white piece of cloth from the bed skirt I cut up and started weaving.  I put some painters tape at the end to help with grabbing since I didn't have a weaving needle.


Every once in a while tighten everything up.


I finished of the end of the rug by tying a knot with the 3 strip piece and the white strip. 
That simple. 
Finished the rest with knots of the 3 strip pieces.  This was so easy, I was done in about an hour or so.  I now am working on one that is twice the size.  Love it!



'till the next project...
thanks for stopping by...






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27 comments:

  1. This is totally cool! I have some stuff that I could use to make a bath rug, but I am thinking Goodwill probably has quite few sheets on sale if I want to make something bigger. It looks like a fun project! (fyi, I actually took a weaving class in College...now if I can remember how do do this...)

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  2. thats a really neat rug! it looks store bought!!!

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  3. I want to make one of these. I love it, very shabby chic! I found your link on Delightful Order's Link Party. I would love for you to post this on my link party at... http://www.doodlesandstitches.com/2012/05/link-party-time.html
    Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thanks for linking up at my party :)

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  4. wow this is so cool! super cute! i would love for you to add this to my weekend link party. check it out here:
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  5. I'm gonna try this, if I can weave !! This rug looks so cute and thanks for the project!!

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    1. I hope you do try it. Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. That is so neat! Did you use the cardboard for the whole thing? I have so much scrap fabric its not even funny, I'd love to try this!

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  7. so love it! pinning and sharing on the Brassy Apple FB page! thanks for linking up to make it monday!

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  8. Oh wow!!! What a great use for extra fabric! I love how it turned out!! Not to mention it looks like it'd actually be a really fun project!

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  10. What a great project! So creative! I would love it if you would share it on my linky party Tout It Tuesday! http://www.claimingourspace.com/2012/05/tout-it-tuesday-7.html

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  11. Hi there! I love your project, that is so cool. Here from the blog hop and now following you, would love for you to visit too :)

    Tanya

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  12. What a cool rug that brings so much character. You made it sound so easy, great tutorial. I bet I just might get brave enough to try it:) Thank you for sharing at Freedom Fridays. Have a super great week!

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