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- Shelley Stonebrook
- November 24, 2011
- 7:30 am
- 65 comments
Goal for the next week: Collect as many fabric scraps as possible and cut into strips.
Goal for the next few weeks after that: Use my spare time to create a fun, funky rag rug to give as a holiday gift!
Rag rugs have a rich history. Their creation is based on the ideas of making do with what you have and not letting extra fabric scraps or worn out clothes go to waste. Rag rugs have been helping families use up fabric scraps for centuries.
I also love that they embody the philosophy of turning something old into something completely new. In fact, I have a few old pairs of pajama pants that have some holes and tears in them. They’ve already seen one too many mendings—so they’ll be perfect to cut into strips.
If you have worn clothes around the house, a bag tucked away in a closet full of fabric scraps from projects past, or even know friends or relatives who may let you glean rug-making remnants from their scrap bags, perhaps you’d like to undertake this project, too.
There are a few different methods for how to make a rag rug. Check out the details in Make a Rag Rug and No-Sew Braided Rug to learn more. Then, choose your method and get going collecting your scraps.
Do you have a favorite way to use up fabric scraps? If so, please share it in the comments section below.
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Shelley Stonebrook
Shelley Stonebrook is an Associate Editor at Mother Earth News—North America’s most popular magazine about sustainable, self-reliant living—where she works on exciting projects such as Organic Gardening content and the Vegetable Garden Planner. Shelley is particularly interested in organic gardening, small-scale, local food production, waste reduction, food preservation and cooking. In her spare time, she posts in her personal blog, The Rowdy Radish.
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65 comments
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WOW I love it
Thanks
Nice one....
It's on the list! I want to make one of those.I thought I'd have lots of time, this winter to do things like this but suddenly it's nearly March.
So little time and so much to do!!!I would love to be doing that sort of things but simply have no time!!!!
thanks
I love this idea, it is so great to spend time and material that normally would go unused.
Thanks you!
Love the rug...I turn my extra scraps into quilts!
Thank you
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