How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Jeans

There are some tricks when sewing with denim.

How to make a rug out of old jeans.

Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim. Old clothing that is too worn out to donate is the perfect material for making rag rugs. You just need some old jeans scissors yarn one clothespin and a piece of cardboard cut to the size you want your rug to be. Once all the jeans are cut to stripes you will have to sew the stripes together so you can get a longer piece of material.

Instead of throwing out your old blue jeans craft them into an attractive and functional rug. I have rounded up some of the cleverest and unique ways to make an upcycled denim rug. I have also made a chevron denim rug out of the legs. There is more than one way to make a blue jean rug.

You will actually need 3 pretty long stripes in order to create a nice braided rug from them. This project is easy to sew and can be finished in less than an hour. In this video i m going to show you how to recycling old clothes fabric in to useful things. I m so pleased with this rug.

So i m now saving up my denim scraps to make an even larger one. This video may help guide you along. Upcycle your old blue jeans into awesome denim yarn for crochet knitting or weaving into denim rugs purses and more have you seen all of the posts lately about making yarn out of old t shirts. Making rugs out of old denim is one of my favourite ways to upcycle fabrics.

I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was. Two pair of blue jeans can create a pieced top to a simple throw rug. So gather up all of the supplies you need and enjoy making your thrifty throw rug out of recycled blue jeans. Hopefully it won t take too long.

Once you cut it up into strips you don t notice any holes or staining in the fabric. I ve made a video showing you the best way to cut up t shirts to make rag rugs. I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6. This makes it a great fabric to repurpose into a blue jean rug.

Some involve sewing others are a denim no sew upcycle. It s not like other fabrics. A recycled bath towel provides the cushy backing. That s pretty cool and so i thought why not try and make denim yarn that would be perfect for heavier rag rugs or purses and such.