Recycled Rope Rug
06-30-2010, 04:49 PM
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Reno, Nv
Posts: 16,521
Well this is a very nice rug from a mishap with your closet bar falling. I love recycling fabric.
Doesn't it make you feel great to use something that is sitting there not being used? Great thinking on your part!
Doesn't it make you feel great to use something that is sitting there not being used? Great thinking on your part!
07-11-2010, 04:41 PM
#26
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
Posts: 30,181
Thank you for answering me about the clothesline, Wow, I need to go clean out my closet and make rugs instead of having clothes in my closet , ha ha
Originally Posted by Honchey
Walmart. Not all the Walmarts carry it. it's cotton 3/16" x 100 ft. There is also a synthetic 7/32" x 100ft. that you can use. the cotton rope is thinner. the other one is slightly thicker, I have used both. I prefer the thinner one. I use a denim/jeans needle. I used a triple stitched zig-zag stitch (less wide than the default size) 40 weight thread.Oh, If your local Walmart does have it- it might be in one of two departments- craft or hardware. I'm waiting for my Walmart to replenish the stock--I cleaned them out 2 weeks ago. Several of my friends are making placemats- coasters-beachbags. I'm sticking to rugs. I'm going to try to make a matching rug for every quilt I make!.
08-01-2010, 07:34 PM
#27
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
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anyone making this rug???
Originally Posted by craftybear
Thanks, I found the tutorial and posted the link here for all of us to enjoy
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-10783-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-10783-1.htm
Originally Posted by Honchey
Hi , I followed the instructions from the Tutorial 'Scrap Rug' right here at Quilting Board. I did have to join the clothesline rope to make it longer. But it is real easy. I used about 135 feet of the rope. I used a glue stick to join the strips and some of the strips were only 5-6 inches long. I find that using strips 3//4 inches or just a little less easier to wrap than wider pieces and strips that are no longer that 22 inches. if they are longer they tend to get tangled. Let's see how many of you can make some. I have some flannel shirts waiting for me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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