How To Make A Rag Rug Cushion
But you might be wondering how to make a rag rug.
How to make a rag rug cushion. I originally made this video to show my workshop group how to make a rug. There are so many different styles of rag rug diy. Our hook is perfectly crafted to make loopy rag rugging a doddle. These should be hemmed along one long edge each and sewn to the rag rug with these edges overlapping in the centre.
Rag rug cushions make a great first project for any rag rug beginner. Rag rugging is a fabulously thrifty craft whereby old clothing and fabric scraps are cut up and woven through a hessian backing to create beautiful rugs and textile pieces for the home. Learn how to make this amazing diy shaggy style rag rug using this simple tool and old fabric offcuts with elspeth jackson author of rag rugs pillows mo. To make this gorgeous shaggy rag rug cushion monica used almost 3 4 of one side of a king sized duvet cover for the cream outer and re used the back and cushion pad of an old cushion to make up it up.
Another extremely popular craft is the rag rug and our remnants are just perfect to get you started with rag rug making. Ragged life rug hook this is the quickest and easiest tool to make loopy rag rugs. To form the back opening of the cushion cover cut out two rectangles approximately 3 4 of the length of the rag rug. The fabric chosen for this needs to be reasonably thick to support the weight of the rag rug.
You can find clearer instructions and other ideas for the amish knot here https. For the fourth side the side that i had to cut in order to make my pillow a 24 square i used the same heavy duty cord and the needle of the awl to pierce and bind the fabric. Cutting a rag rug and disrupting the seams is a lot like tearing pages from a composition notebook. They re small enough that they don t seem too daunting for someone who has never done the craft before but are large enough that after finishing one you can feel confident embarking on a number of different projects.
Using lock stitching along three sides of the cushion worked well. You can see it in action here. Hemmed cushion hessian to make a 40 x 40cm cushion our hessian is the perfect weave for rag rugging 10 holes per inch and is entirely pre hemmed and.