Braided Towel Rug

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Braided towel rug.

Why not make a braided beach towel rug that could be used in the bathroom. Thank you so much for watching. A sewing machine or some needle and thread will be needed to make a braided rug from towels. The first step is cutting your beach towel up into strips.

Braided and stitched bath towel rug. Here is a video to show simple easy steps on how to do bathing mat using old towels. Take a strip in each color and sew the three ends together. Fortunately this braided rag rug tutorial by megan nielsen is excellent and most likely the best you re going to find.

Marianne cuts about 13 strips to make a medium size rug. Cut off the border of the towels if necessary. Starting in the center of the rug sew the braids to each other so the rug doesn t uncoil. Cut the bath towels into strips using a cutting mat and rotary cutter we made ours 3 inches wide.

Line up 3 strips. A braided rug from towels is a great way to create your own area rugs on the cheap. The video photos help tremendously and the directions are the most concise i found. Cut bath towels into strips 1 to 1 1 2 inches wide.

Once you have a braid that s long enough braid coil the strips into an oval shape on a flat surface. The beach towel i purchased measured 30 inches by 60 inches and the final rug was about 20 inches round. Twist the long braided. In order to make the woven rug shown in the top picture look up four strand braided rag rugs i make them using a four strand braid where you loup the fourth strand into the previous row.

Fold the towels in half and start cutting one inch strips. I used two inch strips and ended up with four. Hope you like it. Braided beach towel rug.

There are lots of diy posts about rag rugs out there but most of them just left me confused. The only other thing that is important to know is thinking of a really awesome design.