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.
Make rag rug using hessian.
Cutting your fabric we need to cut our material into small pieces an idea size is about 4cm 1 5 by 7 5cm 3.
Using hessian for rug making is a neat way to be zero waste in your crafts.
I like to make things to give to people for a surprise if what i ve made turns out good.
This is the hessian i am using for this rug.
Should you follow a design for a hessian sack rug.
Our ragged life rug hessian consists of 100 x 60cm rectangle of hessian that has been hemmed i e.
In wales we used to call this a nain rug as your nain or nan would know how to make them.
Make them as long as you can but any length will do and they don t alll have to be the same length.
Cut your chosen fabrics into strips about 2 cm wide or so for this one.
Stitched and secured on each edge to make rag rugging a doddle.
The main difference is in the designs colours and fabrics that are used.
I ve tried the rag rugs using a loom and can t get them to lay flat.
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.
If you wish to produce a neater pattern you will see from the video another type of rag rug i have produced.
Bringing rag rugging up to date.
So now i m going to try a braided rug.
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.