Handmade braided rugs braided the way your grandmother did it can save you money and make your house cozy.
How to fold a braided rug.
Next fold each strip s raw edges into the center and then refold along the middle.
For a more finished look wrap the last braid with bias tape and sew in place.
1 and weave it.
If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting.
Start braiding and move backward as you work.
To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors.
How to make a circular braided rug.
Wash and dry your rug as you plan to for daily use and consider adding a non slip pad for beneath the rug.
Lay down the same length braids side by side pin them together.
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Braid the strips until you reach the length of the rug you want to make.
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Fold the extra inch you braided into the center braid so that the four strands lie side by side to the right of the braid.
Once you have braided the rug to the desired width you can sew the ends of the strips tucked into the underside of the braid.
The weaving will go from right to left so imagine the strips are numbered from one to four image 2.
When the braid gets long enough re pin the end to the base again and again.
While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug.
These are easy to make and require only a little sewing resulting in a neat rug that s reminiscent.
Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length.
In order to make the woven rug shown in the top picture look up four strand braided rag rugs i make them using a four strand braid where you loup the fourth strand into the previous row.