How To Make A Rug From Denim

The denim rug tutorials 1.

How to make a rug from denim.

Depending on your spacing this rug will require approximately 120 strips. Slightly frayed and faded denim rug after washing and drying 1. Start the first strip about 1 2 from the end of the rug. Coil the braid into a spiral shape pin it together then sew to keep it all in place.

Pull the strip you want to add through the slit that you made in the strip that you are adding to. This is pretty much the toughest part in the whole rug. Waistband denim rug pillarboxblue. Pin the center to the canvas with the end of the denim strip extending 1 beyond the edge of the canvas.

Looking for a new way to recycle all those old jeans. This tutorial gets around this by showing you how to make a no sew blue jean rug. Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim. A third option is weaving the denim strips.

Sewing denim can be difficult especially with the thick parts such as the seams and waistbands. Oval or round shaped rug you need very long continuous braids to create these shapes because you have to coil them to get an oval or circle. Cut along the edges of the thick seams and save the single layers of fabric. Lay down the same length braids side by side pin them together and finally sew them to keep them in place.

This denim rug also happens to be an ikea hack. Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length. Wash and dry the denim items. I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was.

Bring the other end of the new strip up and put it through the slit on the new strip to make a loop. Remove pockets zippers hems and waistbands using sewing shears to cut the heavy fabric. Cut a piece of heavy duty denim fabric for the backing to the desired size and finish the edges with bias tape. One option is to make a braided rug by sewing braided strands of denim yarn together.

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. Cut a small slit in the end of both the strip that is ending and the strip you want to add. The following strips should be pinned very close to the previous strip about 1 8 to 1 4 apart.