Bringing rag rugging up to date.
Make rag rug using hessian.
I ve tried the rag rugs using a loom and can t get them to lay flat.
Should you follow a design for a hessian sack rug.
Cutting your fabric we need to cut our material into small pieces an idea size is about 4cm 1 5 by 7 5cm 3.
It s part of a sack but if you can t get hold of sacks you can buy it by the metre from craft shops etc.
So now i m going to try a braided rug.
I like to make things to give to people for a surprise if what i ve made turns out good.
The hessian decided how big you want to make your rug and mark it out in chalk then cut your hessian 4 5 inches bigger as we need to allow room for hemming fraying.
Our ragged life rug hessian consists of 100 x 60cm rectangle of hessian that has been hemmed i e.
Nowadays rag rug making remains largely unchanged as we still only use a few basic tools hessian and fabric.
The main difference is in the designs colours and fabrics that are used.
Stitched and secured on each edge to make rag rugging a doddle.
I see how you just braid the material and then put it in a circle to sew i think i can do this much better.
If you wish to produce a neater pattern you will see from the video another type of rag rug i have produced.
Thanks for the tutorial.
In wales we used to call this a nain rug as your nain or nan would know how to make them.
Using hessian for rug making is a neat way to be zero waste in your crafts.
Make them as long as you can but any length will do and they don t alll have to be the same length.