Free tutorial with pictures on how to make a rag rug in 9 steps by braiding with thread fabric scissors and jeans.
How to make a rag rug from denim.
How to posted by deidra l.
Make a denim rag rug utilizing a few basic craft materials.
Don t worry if some of your waistbands are not intact or are a bit small.
I m going to give it a whirl will be using floss or fishing line cause it s durable.
A rag rug is the perfect upcycling project because denim is so hard wearing.
Waistband denim rug pillarboxblue.
This tutorial gets around this by showing you how to make a no sew blue jean rug.
Pre worn cotton denim is soft and washable and it s a thirsty fabric if you use the rug as a bathmat or a rainy day door mat.
Salvage old jeans and repurpose them to make a shabby chic shag rug.
Use a mixture of jeans waistbands from dark to light denim to show off the shades of indigo.
Sew the strips together end to end to create three long denim strips that each measures 3 inches wide by 84 inches long.
How to make an upcycled denim rug.
First cut the waistbands from the jeans as close to the seams as possible.
Sewing denim can be difficult especially with the thick parts such as the seams and waistbands.
The only way i had seen before was a braiding method but i found it hard on the hands and gave up.
Raggedy jeans won t go to waste.
Step 1 use scissors to cut strips out of old denim jeans that measure 3 inches wide by 12 inches long each.
The denim rug tutorials 1.
This denim rug also happens to be an ikea hack.