Continue this same procedure until three of four yards are braided then begin sewing or lacing rug together.
How to lace a braided rag rug.
Cut the fabric into long 1 1 2 inch wide strips.
A 6 x 9 foot rug would require a 3 foot center braid.
An unedited short video demonstrating how to lace a braided rug.
The hardest part of the entire process is keeping the braided rug flat.
However your rug looks spectacular and really makes that gorgeous coffee table pop.
Be sure to increase enough at each curve to allow rug to lie flat.
Safety pin and pin 5.
Sew them with right sides together and use a 1 2 inch seam allowance.
Since i only get 1 5 to 2 hours at a time to get anything done these days i might go insane trying to make a large rag rug like that.
Make three of the extra long strips.
After your braided rug is complete it may require light pressing with a damp cloth and a hot iron.
So glad i read your post.
The total strip length needed depends on the size of the rug you want to make.
Let s go and see how i make this 22 x 16 oval shaped braided rag rug recycle tutorial.
To allow fullness needed to keep rug flat it is necessary to increase by lacing thread through 2 loops on new braid and continuing to lace through alternate loops on rug see sketch.
I d been thinking about making a rag rug of some kind but wasn t sure if it was worth the effort.
Shape of rug for an oval rug begin with center braid which measures as long as the difference between width and length of finished rug.
Remember you want the laces tight but you don t want them so tight that the rug begins to bunch up.
Sewing machine and threads.
Braided rag rug instructions.
Learn how to thread together a braided rug.
Machine stitch the strips together at their ends to make extra long strips.