Jenni stuart anderson uses recycled and vintage textiles to make customised rugs and wall works with contemporary designs and she offers courses on the traditional rag rug techniques of hooking.
How to make recycled rag rugs.
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Non slip rubber mats for rugs come in rolls so you will need to cut yours down to the right size.
Place a strip of hot glue along one side of the doormat image 1.
You can make your rug a square or a rectangle.
Revived in the 1930s and 1940s the craft is now a hands on sustainable lifestyle activity.
Continue the strip of glue and add more knotted pieces image 3.
It is a rubber mesh like mat that people place under rugs to keep them from slipping.
Use old wool blankets skirts and suits as the material for a braided rag rug and keep old wool out of landfills.
Make rag rugs from old clothing old clothing that is too worn out to donate is the perfect material for making rag rugs.
Stick each knot into the glue image 2.
Rag rugs were made from old clothes or mill waste since the 19th century.
Step 1 get a non slip rubber rug mat.
You can usually find them alongside the other rug making supplies in an art store or in the home improvement section of a store step 2 cut the mat down to the desired size.
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Glue the knots with 1 4 inch between them images 4 5.
Make a braided rug from recycled wool the tradition of rug braiding came down to me.