How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Jeans

In this video i m going to show you how to recycling old clothes fabric in to useful things.

How to make a rug out of old jeans. So gather up all of the supplies you need and enjoy making your thrifty throw rug out of recycled blue jeans. Old clothing that is too worn out to donate is the perfect material for making rag rugs. Making rugs out of old denim is one of my favourite ways to upcycle fabrics. 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.

I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was. That s pretty cool and so i thought why not try and make denim yarn that would be perfect for heavier rag rugs or purses and such. Some involve sewing others are a denim no sew upcycle. I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6.

There is more than one way to make a blue jean rug. Hand made rug door mat carpets mate mats table mats diy recycl. I m so pleased with this rug. Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim.

So i m now saving up my denim scraps to make an even larger one. Two pair of blue jeans can create a pieced top to a simple throw rug. You will actually need 3 pretty long stripes in order to create a nice braided rug from them. Hopefully it won t take too long.

A recycled bath towel provides the cushy backing. Upcycle your old blue jeans into awesome denim yarn for crochet knitting or weaving into denim rugs purses and more have you seen all of the posts lately about making yarn out of old t shirts. There are some tricks when sewing with denim. There are more ideas for diy blue jean rugs here too.

My family and friends know how much i love to upcycle denim so they happily hand me over their old jeans to repurpose. I have rounded up some of the cleverest and unique ways to make an upcycled denim rug. Instead of throwing out your old blue jeans craft them into an attractive and functional rug. Once all the jeans are cut to stripes you will have to sew the stripes together so you can get a longer piece of material.

I ve made a video showing you the best way to cut up t shirts to make rag rugs. Once you cut it up into strips you don t notice any holes or staining in the fabric. This makes it a great fabric to repurpose into a blue jean rug. It s not like other fabrics.