I ve never made one before but it seems like a cool project and a great way to re use old read.
How to make a rectangle braided rug.
Push your chair back and braid another few feet of yarn.
Begin a basic three strand braid image 1.
To make a braid in rag rug you ll have 4 different lengths of fabrics being braided together.
Now you re ready to braid your rug.
Be sure to keep the braid tight.
As you reach the end of a set of strips tie a new piece of fabric of each variety to the end of its corresponding fabric in your braid.
Tie off the end of the braid once you ve finished.
There are all kinds of ways to make a rag rug.
I made mine about 1 1 2 inches wide but yours can vary depending on how tightly braided you want your rug to be.
To make a rectangular rug make beginning braid more than twice as long as finished length or rug.
As mentioned if you re putting together a square or rectangle you can just lay the braids side by side pin them together and then use a needle and thread to sew them together.
Once you have this little slit made tear.
Pin braid at mark indicating length of first braid and cut braid near pin.
Lay down the same length braids side by side pin them together and finally sew them to keep them in place.
Coil the braid into a spiral shape pin it together then sew to keep it all in place.
They can be made with a loom a sewing machine braided crocheted knotted and so on.
Continue until you have braided all of your fabric strips.
With a braided texture printed onto 28 oz.
As this length is measured for beginning braid allow at least one inch per foot extra which may be lost in first lacing.
When you reach the end of the braided yarn push the sewing machine needle to the down position so that it is stuck inside your rug and leave your sewing machine foot down.
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.
Start by cutting a small strip on the end of the sheet lengthwise not across.
Cut pile this rug is a soft and easy to clean alternative to a traditional braided rug.
Then simply continue sewing.
You can rip right down the sheet to make your strips without cutting and they will stay the same width.
Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length.
You can change a color by adding one strand to another using the amish knot method.
The idea is that you use strips of fabric to make a rug.
Make braid an inch longer than the length you determined because the end will have to turn back on itself when you begin to work on the next part of the rug.
Hand stitch the ends of these three strips of fabric together.