Continue sewing the braid to the rest of the rug sandwiching the end.
How to make a tshirt rug without sewing.
I remember when we were younger mom used our old clothing as a rug.
Time consuming but kind of fun i have started my rug it is approximately 8 inches in diameter right now when coiled up.
Best of all they are all eco friendly too.
She will just lay the old clothe folded half on the floor and voila.
T shirts the amount will depend on how big you want your rug.
Place a piece of cardboard under the rug because the hot glue will seep through the holes and make a mess.
From braided to woven there are lots of ways to make a rug.
Hi vivian the purpose of the increase and decrease is to make the rug round or else it will have a lumpy bit where you stopped if you continue with the pattern of colours i use in the example then you should have the spiral pattern continue through your rug however it is easier to use a few similar colours as it is more forgiving if you have to make adjustments to keep the rug round.
The weight of the rug was pulling it off the machine.
11 26 2011 i took 4 of my husband s old shirts that were in the rag bag headed to goodwill and cut them up into strips.
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Kandiss she used old t shirts to make the rug after you ve cut the cotton jersey knit jersey into strips you pull it just a bit to make tshirt yarn i ve been wondering about methods to make reg rugs from tshirt yarn i have 6 balls of the stuff one x l mens shirt in each ball.
One way to reuse the old clothes is to make them into rugs.
When you get to the end of your rug tuck the tail under the previous row and sew it down.
This project will take a ton of thread.
Finish the rug by tucking and sewing the end down.
Fold the end of the braid against itself by 1 inch 2 54 centimeters.
Once the glue dries run your hand over the top of the rug to remove any loose pieces.
To be honest it was sore in the eyes.
Simply hot glue the strips in place directly on the top of the rug pad bunching the strips together on top of the glue.
I secretly wished that she buys a ready made rug instead.
A size q 16mm crochet hook about 3 at your local crafts store less with a coupon if you don t have a hook of that size hand crochet will work but your stitches will be a little looser.
My mother in law gave me her sewing stash a couple years ago so this was a great project to use up all of those partial spools.