How To Make A Denim Rug From Old Jeans

Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim.

How to make a denim rug from old jeans.

One option is to make a braided rug by sewing braided strands of denim yarn together. Spray the inside of the seam with spray adhesive. Remove pockets zippers hems and waistbands using sewing shears to cut the heavy fabric. Bind the canvas mesh mat edges if desired using the discarded jeans seams.

How to make an upcycled denim rug first cut the waistbands from the jeans as close to the seams as possible. A third option is weaving the denim strips. It is estimated the seams from 50 pairs of jeans were used to make this rug. Sew the strips together end to end to create three long denim strips that each measures 3 inches wide by 84 inches long.

Press with your fingers to help the denim adhere to the mat. Don t worry if some of your waistbands are not intact or are a bit small. Step 1 use scissors to cut strips out of old denim jeans that measure 3 inches wide by 12 inches long each. Secondly you can also crochet or knit the strips into a rug.

Slide 1 inch on one side of the seam under the rug and fold the seam around to the top of the canvas mesh to hide the edge. I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was. I ve used the seams of old jeans to make a denim tabletop lampshade before you don t need quite as many seams for this project. Cut along the edges of the thick seams and save the single layers of fabric.

Use a mixture of jeans waistbands from dark to light denim to show off the shades of indigo. Wash and dry the denim items. I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6 then cut tiny slits at each end to put my string through.