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How to make a tshirt rug without sewing.
One way to reuse the old clothes is to make them into rugs.
Place a piece of cardboard under the rug because the hot glue will seep through the holes and make a mess.
This project will take a ton of thread.
From braided to woven there are lots of ways to make a rug.
Kandiss she used old t shirts to make the rug after you ve cut the cotton jersey knit jersey into strips you pull it just a bit to make tshirt yarn i ve been wondering about methods to make reg rugs from tshirt yarn i have 6 balls of the stuff one x l mens shirt in each ball.
I remember when we were younger mom used our old clothing as a rug.
Simply hot glue the strips in place directly on the top of the rug pad bunching the strips together on top of the glue.
Here is what you ll need to make this project.
Fold the end of the braid against itself by 1 inch 2 54 centimeters.
She will just lay the old clothe folded half on the floor and voila.
The weight of the rug was pulling it off the machine.
Continue sewing the braid to the rest of the rug sandwiching the end.
11 26 2011 i took 4 of my husband s old shirts that were in the rag bag headed to goodwill and cut them up into strips.
We got our instant rug.
A size q 16mm crochet hook about 3 at your local crafts store less with a coupon if you don t have a hook of that size hand crochet will work but your stitches will be a little looser.
Best of all they are all eco friendly too.
Hi vivian the purpose of the increase and decrease is to make the rug round or else it will have a lumpy bit where you stopped if you continue with the pattern of colours i use in the example then you should have the spiral pattern continue through your rug however it is easier to use a few similar colours as it is more forgiving if you have to make adjustments to keep the rug round.
When you get to the end of your rug tuck the tail under the previous row and sew it down.
My mother in law gave me her sewing stash a couple years ago so this was a great project to use up all of those partial spools.
Once the glue dries run your hand over the top of the rug to remove any loose pieces.
I secretly wished that she buys a ready made rug instead.
T shirts the amount will depend on how big you want your rug.
Finish the rug by tucking and sewing the end down.