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T Shirt Rag Rug Tutorial

Try your hand at a new craft. The rug was built with 15 loops for the warp base strips of my rug and 175 strips woven through.

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This great rotary cutter really speeds up the t shirt yarn making process and heres a cutting mat to use with the cutter.

T shirt rag rug tutorial. Lay out your t shirts on a cutting mat. Lay out one rows worth of strips next to your sewing machine. Learn how to make the easiest diy rag rug from old tshirts and sheets or purchased jersey knit including tips for making it plush and soft.

Take 2 or 3 t shirt. How to make continuous t shirt yarn for weaving a rag rug. Rip the fabric into 1 2 inch wide strips.

Weaving the rag rug. So go find some used fabric then get ready to follow these rag rug instructions. Planning your diy rag rug choosing colors etc.

One inch for wool 2 inches for t shirt fabric somewhere in between for cotton flannel. Set your sewing machine to the triple stitch 5 on my machine. Start sewing your braid together.

After you have prepared all of your t shirts and made them into yarn. Make a braided t shirt rug step 1. For reference this mini rug took me 1 hour start to finish took 2 t shirts and measures 23cm in diameter.

Select a few old t shirts from your closet a thrift store. Make the strips as wide as you think would make a strong yarn. Optional but very helpful.

I only go up to 6 strands in the video but you can definitely go up to 8 on larger rugs. How to make beautiful rag rug diy t shirt yarns step 1. And part 2 here.

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Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom. How to cut t shirts for rug making my upcycled braided t shirt rug tutorial is consistently one of the most viewed posts on the blog but i often get comments or emails asking me to clarify the method for cutting the t shirt into strips. Heres our first tutorial on how to make t shirt yarn and weave a round rug.

How to make t shirt yarn using the whole shirt in a continuous strand. Using the chalk water soluble marker or even a pencil make marks along. You can check it out here.

To make a t shirt rag rug first we need to make some t shirt yarn or any fabric yarn. I used a large straight rotary blade and a metal ruler to cut three navy shirts into the 15 loops then cut the rest of the shirts into 175 strips.

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