I like to make things to give to people for a surprise if what i ve made turns out good.
Make rag rug using hessian.
I ve tried the rag rugs using a loom and can t get them to lay flat.
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.
The main difference is in the designs colours and fabrics that are used.
In wales we used to call this a nain rug as your nain or nan would know how to make them.
If you wish to produce a neater pattern you will see from the video another type of rag rug i have produced.
Should you follow a design for a hessian sack rug.
Make them as long as you can but any length will do and they don t alll have to be the same length.
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.
Stitched and secured on each edge to make rag rugging a doddle.
Cutting your fabric we need to cut our material into small pieces an idea size is about 4cm 1 5 by 7 5cm 3.
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.
Using hessian for rug making is a neat way to be zero waste in your crafts.
Bringing rag rugging up to date.
Thanks for the tutorial.
If you d like to make a rag rug but don t have the rag rug tools then why not check out our easy peasy rug kit which has all the equipment and instructions you need to get going.
Cut your chosen fabrics into strips about 2 cm wide or so for this one.