What a great idea, a good way to use scraps and ugly fabric. Dollar stores sometimes have the clothesline. People buy this rope for all kinds of stuff and they always run out. Someone said try K-mart. Our walmart has it ,but runs out all the time. I am thinking of trying the hardware stores.

What a great idea! Thanks for taking the time to share your tutorial with us, Mary. I'm buying some clothesline the next time I'm in Walmart. :D

Love the rug. It brings back memories of my Grandmother when I was little. Watching her make rag rugs and yarn rag rugs. use to take a wooden spool of therd put 4 nails in it gave me some old left over yarn while she did her rugs by hand. So we would be both working on one.

Mary,
Thanks for the directions of a great looking rug!!! Just a couple of quetions....Do you drop the "feed dogs" when you stitch? Also, how does the fabric wrapped cord stay in place? Do you machine stitch or hand stitch as you go around with it? -Pat

Machine and no I do not drop the feed dogs.

Thanks so much for this...and I love the idea of coasters for gifts. Hope I can find some of this fast disappearing clothesline so I can try this too. :? PLEASE everyone post pictures of your finished rugs!!!! I can't wait to see them. :D

i will hopefully take a class in November for making a scrap basket made from the same cording! It looks really neat and I'll a picture if I'm able to do the class!

You all do know that IF I do a craft fair next year, I will have some of these on my table too! lol

How big an IF is that really. The rug is a great way to use up scraps and the ugly "what was I thinking" fabric. The hard part is keeping it flat.

I've looked everywhere - that cotton clothesline is nowhere to be found!

The closest thing to it seems to be 100 percent cotton venetian blind cording - and that feels to dense. Wal-mart doesn't seem to stock it anymore, and the hardware stores and home improvement stores all have nylon cording. Woe is me!