I d been thinking about making a rag rug of some kind but wasn t sure if it was worth the effort.
How to lace a braided rag rug.
Be sure to increase enough at each curve to allow rug to lie flat.
Sewing machine and threads.
Since i only get 1 5 to 2 hours at a time to get anything done these days i might go insane trying to make a large rag rug like that.
Braided rag rug instructions.
Begin lacing your finished braids together going in and out between the braid in the same way you would lace your shoes.
Pencil and ruler 4.
Safety pin and pin 5.
Make three of the extra long strips.
An unedited short video demonstrating how to lace a braided rug.
Cut the fabric into long 1 1 2 inch wide strips.
Sew them with right sides together and use a 1 2 inch seam allowance.
After your braided rug is complete it may require light pressing with a damp cloth and a hot iron.
A 6 x 9 foot rug would require a 3 foot center braid.
Machine stitch the strips together at their ends to make extra long strips.
To allow fullness needed to keep rug flat it is necessary to increase by lacing thread through 2 loops on new braid and continuing to lace through alternate loops on rug see sketch.
However your rug looks spectacular and really makes that gorgeous coffee table pop.
So glad i read your post.
Let s go and see how i make this 22 x 16 oval shaped braided rag rug recycle tutorial.
The hardest part of the entire process is keeping the braided rug flat.
The total strip length needed depends on the size of the rug you want to make.
Remember you want the laces tight but you don t want them so tight that the rug begins to bunch up.
Shape of rug for an oval rug begin with center braid which measures as long as the difference between width and length of finished rug.