Do It Yourself Rag Rugs
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Do it yourself rag rugs. Use your ruler and marker to make a mark every 2 across the longest side of each of your bedsheets. Your choice of material how wide you cut your strips of fabric and the size of the loom are all factors that affect the look and feel of the rug when it is finished. Use fabric scissors to make a 2 cut at each mark. Tie off your material to the door knob using three strips and start the braid.
Repeat process until each sheet is ripped into even strips. Crafty life shows you how to cut the shirts into strips and weave the pieces into something you can set outside your bedroom door or by the kitchen sink to stand on while you do the dishes. Making rag rugs is a project that can be customized in a lot of ways. A big thanks to craftaholics anonymous for the use of the rag rug photo for this post.
Pull the strips kind of tight so there is no slack but not too tight. Watch this step by step tutorial and make yourself one. Braiding the rug is the same process as you would braid hair. Diy rag rug tutorial video youtube.
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At each cut rip the fabric apart and it should tear evenly all the way across the sheet. So let s get to it.