Making a quilted rug
 

I was looking at Tradition with a Twist: Variations on Your Favorite Quilts 1996 and thought this concept would be an interesting rug pattern.

What suggestions do you have (from personal experience using a quilted rug) for someone who is looking for the proper material and pattern?

Thanks!

I just crochet a rug from fabric strips once.

My friend has a quilted rug in her sewing room, but she has a plastic mat over it.

The thought of stepping on a quilted rug scares me!

This has also fascinated me. Here are a few threads I've bookmarked on the topic:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t200716.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t257692.html
Here's a post that Fotoula started on the materials she used in the runners.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t257770.html

good tip

I am a retired nurse of 43 years. Any throw rug is dangerous. Many of my patients with fractures, in the nursing home, was caused by tripping on a throw rug. I don't have throw rugs in my house and would recommend anyone in their senior years not to use throw rugs.

I have two regular throw quilts that I use as rugs in the bedroom. I don't mind stepping on them at all!

To to match the plastic covered furniture? Seriously, why a plastic mat over a rug?

Thanks so much for the links....

I never thought of using a painter's drop cloth.

I wonder if one could "paint" a quilt on canvas using fabric paint..... or fabric markers......mmmmmm. ;-)

I have a friend who's sewing room has carpet (kind of a shag) that she has plastic tapped down so that it's easy for her to sweep up threads.

If you google "Floor Cloth rug" you will find many designs & instructions. Also try "Floor cloth quilt".

Try googling or going on Amazon for a rug carpet quilted. Amazon have a selection of small mats for bedroom bathroom which have non slip backing on.

I use old bath towels as backing for quilted bath mats. They work great.

I just made a long "aisle runner" type rug for my sewing room a couple days ago! I used canvas duck cloth for the back and outdoor (Sunbrella type) fabric for the top. I used scraps of polyester batting for the inside and quilted it all together with straight lines. The binding is just the canvas duck brought around from the back. It's too big to ever fit into my washing machine; I intend to spot-wash it when it gets dirty but it's quilted thoroughly enough that it could theoretically go into a jumbo washing machine. It fills the main walkway of my sewing room, which is also my living room, so it will get a fair bit of traffic.

It IS a little bit slippy, so I intend to buy some rubberized mesh for the back - I will probably be lazy and just glue that on.

I really like my new rug, but my DH is afraid to step on it and keeps going around it, LOL.

I took a floor cloth class a few years ago and we cut pieces of fabric which were glued to a canvas... I cut mine into same size squares of fabric resembling a quilt top using colors which complimented my bathroom and also used some of the same fabric in which I had made the valance from. Floor cloths last a long time and can just be washed with soap and water like your floor.

check out www.fredrixfloorcloths.com

Several things about this idea make me say Don't do it! First putting all that work into a project to walk on--no. But most of all the danger involved! Any of these fabrics are not going to hug the floor but provide the opportunity to either slide or wad around feet that aren't moving over the surface. There's a reason they are called "throw rugs", folks! Proceed with extreme caution.

Excellent advice!!!

Donna Dewberry makes floor mats using paint on the backside of linoleum. (rough side up) I think they are mostly used by outside doors,such as a patio.

Two talented ladies on Bainbridge Island, WA designed a process to make floor mats. Here is the site as well as information on the kits. I have seen these mats in different sizes and in quite a few shops around the area...eventually I will make one for myself! They are not difficult to make. You could even use a solid piece of fabric you like or make blocks or a mini quilt for the actual mat.

http://beachgardenquilts.danemcoweb....ry/floor-mats/

Hobby Lobby and other craft stores sell a product for the back of hand made rugs so they become non-slip. Just remember to use a nice even coat and don't be stingy with it. If I were going to make a floor rug quilt, I would dig out the polyester. That stuff is just darn near Indestuctable and if you use the old heavy stuff they made pants with, it will never fade.

Definitely. I had to remove all my throw rugs (even the 6'x9') after I had my knees replaced. The PT folks did an evaluation of the house before I could come home from rehab and the rugs were one of the things to go. Probably should have gotten rid of them earlier since DH has balance issues.