Kool Rag Rug

For me recycling is my favourate, I hate throwing stuff we dont use anymore... love to make something useable and funky out of it, my this project is also a recycled rag rug. The best part is it looks awesome and its really easy to make.

  

my little buddies...

he loved the flwers...

trying to take his favourate book

DIY- - - Following is the stepby step tutorial, for making rag rug.

What you need:

1. An old king size bedsheet.

2. Strong Thread/ same cloth can also be used.

3.Big needle.

4. spare cloth for flowers and glue. (Optional)

I used an old faded king size bed sheet

marked to get long straight cloth pieces

each piece was 2inch in width

Attached these to card board.

After getting all the straight pieces, from the sheet, I attached these to cardboard in 14 bunches, 9 pieces in each bunch with desired length (depends how long you prefer). Having them in bunches helped me in weaving.

First stitch from the bottom of the cardboard, for temprory grip.

Started from the backside, helped me with the grip initially.

Until this point I was not happy with the results.

it started looking better, from here onwards.

quite happy :)

My thread ended in the middle of the rug.

with a knot attached a new thread

Forgot to take picture of the ending. It is really important to pass the thread twice in the first and the last stitch. this will make the rug strong.

Made three flowers with cloth & glue gun

burnt myself :(

Attached on the rug

It was a simple and easy recycle project. Love the results.

Regards