How To Make Your Own Area Rug With Fabric

If you need to cut the fabric or the base then make sure that you have at least 6 extra inches in all directions on the fabric compared to the size of your vinyl base.

How to make your own area rug with fabric.

If you needed a larger rug you would need to sew two pieces of fabric together and press the seam flat to make a larger area rug. The feel of the fabric is stiff like walking on padded vinyl. Cut the fabric that you want to use into strips that are between1 to 3 inches wide using a pair of scissors. There are a lot of great diy tutorials out there for designing and creating your own scrap fabric rag rug designs.

On the occasion that you do find the perfect rug but it falls outside your budget consider recreating the coveted design with a little fabric paint just as katie from mountain modern life had. Repeat for all four strips. Make your area rug into a unique object that can be used lovingly in your home for years to come. Cut fusible webbing to fit your rug.

Take old fabric turn it into yarn and make yourself a new floor rug. Fold a 1 inch seam on each side and iron flat. Braid the strips together until you have the length of rug that you want. Repeat for all four strips.

Rug gripper optional if your fabric has wrinkles i would suggest ironing them out. Fold the strip in half again enclosing the 1 4 edge folds in the center and press image 2. So if your fabric is 4 ft by 3 ft then your base should be 3 ft by 2 ft. Leave an extra inch and a tiny bit more on each side.

So let s get to it. Open up the fold and then fold in the outer edges 1 4 towards the wrong side and press flat image 1. Cut your patterned fabric to the desired size. Most fabrics are 44 54 wide.

Now you re ready to bind your rug.