I wanted to try it so i headed to joann fabrics yesterday to pick out my faux fur for the rug.
How to make a fake fur rug.
I think hers actually looks like a flokati.
They aren t cheap and they re high maintenance.
Drying the fur step 1 place the fresh animal fur in a tub and cover it with cold water to remove any remaining blood and to cool the hide.
Making your own fur rugs is more economical then buying them and you waste less of the prey you harvest.
To make faux fur rug we will begins cutting fabrics size you want to do the carpet be sure that they are the corners with 90 degree angles.
As in the kind of faux fur that you buy at the fabric store off of a bolt by the yard.
This tutorial shows you how to make a cheap and washable faux fur rug for a reasonable price.
Pinching the fur underneath with you free hand flip the pieces over and start hand stitching along the joined edges on the back.
Short cotton fabric the same size as the fabric of synthetic leather and with corners in 90th too.
If you do this project don t do it two days after black friday when the faux fur is 40 off.
Placed glue on the back of cotton fabric and paste it to synthetic leather fabric.
Well here s a hint.
Lay the fabric underlay on top of the upside down faux fur and use it as an outline to cut the faux fur to shape and size again using the fiskars powercut shears.
This is the perfect tool for this project as it can cut super thick materials with ease.
Make sure that the fur is going in the same direction and make sure to push the fur away from the edges to get a nice clean meeting of the edge line.