This denim rug also happens to be an ikea hack.
How to make a rug from denim.
This tutorial gets around this by showing you how to make a no sew blue jean rug.
There are several different methods for making a denim rag rug.
The denim rug tutorials 1.
Wash and dry the denim items.
I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was.
Cut a piece of heavy duty denim fabric for the backing to the desired size and finish the edges with bias tape.
This is pretty much the toughest part in the whole rug.
The following strips should be pinned very close to the previous strip about 1 8 to 1 4 apart.
Braid the strips until you reach the length of the rug you want to make.
Sewing denim can be difficult especially with the thick parts such as the seams and waistbands.
Depending on your spacing this rug will require approximately 120 strips.
Remove pockets zippers hems and waistbands using sewing shears to cut the heavy fabric.
Coil the braid into a spiral shape pin it together then sew to keep it all in place.
Slightly frayed and faded denim rug after washing and drying 1.
Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim.
Oval or round shaped rug you need very long continuous braids to create these shapes because you have to coil them to get an oval or circle.
Looking for a new way to recycle all those old jeans.
Bring the other end of the new strip up and put it through the slit on the new strip to make a loop.
Start the first strip about 1 2 from the end of the rug.
Cut along the edges of the thick seams and save the single layers of fabric.
Cut a small slit in the end of both the strip that is ending and the strip you want to add.
Pull the strip you want to add through the slit that you made in the strip that you are adding to.
Waistband denim rug pillarboxblue.
Pin the center to the canvas with the end of the denim strip extending 1 beyond the edge of the canvas.
Secondly you can also crochet or knit the strips into a rug.
Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length.
One option is to make a braided rug by sewing braided strands of denim yarn together.