I used 5 5 t shirts to make a rug that is approximately 18 in diameter but if you have more time and patience than i do or if you want a bigger rug you could use more shirts.
How to make braided rugs out of t shirts.
I have one she made 27 years ago and its still by my back door.
This is a modern take on the traditional braided rag rug.
Lay a t shirt out on your work surface.
It can be a bit tricky to sew very large rugs are they.
Braid t shirts strips tie the ends of three skeins of yarn in knot.
For a round or oval rug coil the end of the braid so it looks like a snail shell pin that together and sew it to keep it all in place and then just keep coiling and pinning and then use that.
At this point there are two ways to continue.
Thanks for re awakening a craft i did years ago.
I saved all my fathers shirts and am making a memory rug.
My great grandmother made some of these braided rugs out of plastic garbage sacks too for outdoors.
When you finish secure the last end of the braid to the rug and turn it over so the stitches won t show when you display the rug.
Repeat this process over and over until you reach the arm pit seam.
Continue to spiral the braided fabric around itself to make a circular shape adding stitches as you go to hold it together.
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Make a few stitches between the rounds of the spiral to hold them together.
This is a great way to.
Measure two inches up from the bottom of the shirt.
Pin the knot onto a work surface and start braiding the yarn keeping it tight and even.
Make a braided t shirt rug sewing required.
I used a method that i found on youtube but i took some photos of this step for here.
T shirt fabric strips are braided then sewn together on a sewing machine.
Then cut across the shirt through the front and back stopping a couple inches before you get to the other side.
Learn how to make a beautiful braided rug from your fabric scraps or worn out old clothing.