Continue braiding and sewing the strips on for as long as desired.
How to make a large braided rug.
This will make a 3 foot braided rug.
Attach new strips to the old ones making sure to overlap the last two inches.
Old clothing or fabric enough for you to cut 30 yards of 1 inch strips scissors a ruler a pencil a safety pin straight pins a sewing needle and some thread.
Step 1 part 1.
Make braid an inch longer than the length you determined because the end will have to turn back on itself when you begin to work on the next part of the rug.
Begin braiding the tightly.
Lay down the same length braids side by side pin them together and finally sew them to keep them in place.
I made mine about 1 1 2 inches wide but yours can vary depending on how tightly braided you want your rug to be.
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Begin a basic three strand braid image 1.
When the braid gets long enough re pin the end to the base again and again.
You can rip right down the sheet to make your strips without cutting and they will stay the same width.
Braid the strips until you reach the length of the rug you want to make.
You can sew these strips on using the back stitch.
You can check to see how big the rug will be with this long of a braid by coiling it together in a circle.
You can also overlap the yarns instead of making knots.
We have found an easy way that takes a fraction of the time using simple braids and a sewing machine.
Hand stitch the ends of these three strips of fabric together.
Continue braiding until it is 56 feet long.
Start a basic three strand braid image 2.
If you re making your own t shirt yarn cut off the top of the t shirt directly underneath the arms and cut off the hem.
For a round or oval rug coil the end of the braid so it looks like a snail shell pin that together and sew it to keep it all in place and then just keep coiling and pinning and then use that.
Once you have this little slit made tear.
Braided rugs have been around for a long time and there are countless different ways to make them.
To make a braided rug you ll need the following supplies.
Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length.