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.