A friend sent me some fabric that she 'inherited.' She doesn't quilt. There was some really great stuff, but also some I didn't care for. I ripped it into strips, braided them, and turned it into a rug. I really enjoyed the hand-sewing in front of the TV. My biggest problem was getting it to not be a bowl. My trusty iron helped with that. I do have a dilemma though. It is too small--place mat size. I need to find more fabric I don't like and rip that up too. I do have some really ugly green polyester, that doesn't match the other colors at all. I think I'll use 2 strips of it with 1 strip of the one I already used to create a transition. Then I can braid til my heart's content.