Pencil and ruler 4.
How to lace a braided rag rug.
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.
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.
Sewing machine and threads.
A 6 x 9 foot rug would require a 3 foot center braid.
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.
Safety pin and pin 5.
An unedited short video demonstrating how to lace a braided rug.
The total strip length needed depends on the size of the rug you want to make.
Be sure to increase enough at each curve to allow rug to lie flat.
1 old bedsheets 3 king size should be enough to make 3 rag rugs 2.
So glad i read your post.
Continue this same procedure until three of four yards are braided then begin sewing or lacing rug together.
The hardest part of the entire process is keeping the braided rug flat.
Cut the fabric into long 1 1 2 inch wide strips.
Machine stitch the strips together at their ends to make extra long strips.
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.
Braided rag rug instructions.
Learn how to thread together a braided rug.
However your rug looks spectacular and really makes that gorgeous coffee table pop.
Let s go and see how i make this 22 x 16 oval shaped braided rag rug recycle tutorial.