[Handmade tutorial] Handmade Braided Rag Rug

cut your 4 yards of white fabric to 1 1/2 inch widths (yup ALL of it)


once it's all cut up get three strips of fabric and sew them stacked on top of each other (i wanted the middle of my rug to be all white)
safety pin your three sewn strips anywhere you can be comfy (you are going to be there for a while! i did mine attached to my runner on my dining room table) this is the start of your braid.
start braiding your white fabric
once you get close to the end of your braid you are going to fold over the end of your strip and snip with your scissors a slit.
grab the end of your new strip (the end without the slit) and pull through both slits (from behind)
this will adjoin your strips and you will be able to continue your braid
this is what it should look like, now keep braiding.


once you get close to the end of your braid you are going to do the
same as you did before and make a slit at the ends of your braided
strips and at the beginning of your next strips this time wanted to add
color so i took one strip of the honey bun and two of the white strips
i cut out.




it should now look like this. this will be what you do through out the
whole process of braiding your rug. one color in the middle and two
whites on the outside.
this is how it should look as you continue to braid. make sure your fabric "folds" with the right side out
when you get to your end, make sure you tuck and stitch the end of your
braid so that the tail is on the bottom of your rug and hidden when you
turn it over. (snip the extra part of your tail if you like)

look what you made! isn't it pretty? and it will look so great
ANYWHERE! (make some smaller circles to make bar stool seat covers!)


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Girls, any other rug ideas?

Cheers,
CinCin