How To Make A Denim Rug From Old Jeans

Sew the strips together end to end to create three long denim strips that each measures 3 inches wide by 84 inches long.

How to make a denim rug from old jeans.

You just need some old jeans scissors yarn one clothespin and a piece of cardboard cut to the size you want your rug to be. Don t worry if some of your waistbands are not intact or are a bit small. It is estimated the seams from 50 pairs of jeans were used to make this rug. Step 1 use scissors to cut strips out of old denim jeans that measure 3 inches wide by 12 inches long each.

Slide 1 inch on one side of the seam under the rug and fold the seam around to the top of the canvas mesh to hide the edge. You will need a lot of denim seams from old jeans to make this gorgeous woven jeans rug. Bind the canvas mesh mat edges if desired using the discarded jeans seams. I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was.

Wash and dry the denim items. Remove pockets zippers hems and waistbands using sewing shears to cut the heavy fabric. I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6 then cut tiny slits at each end to put my string through. A third option is weaving the denim strips.

Press with your fingers to help the denim adhere to the mat. How to make an upcycled denim rug first cut the waistbands from the jeans as close to the seams as possible. One option is to make a braided rug by sewing braided strands of denim yarn together. And finally the denim yarn can be used for latch hooking a rug.

Cut along the edges of the thick seams and save the single layers of fabric. I ve used the seams of old jeans to make a denim tabletop lampshade before you don t need quite as many seams for this project. Use a mixture of jeans waistbands from dark to light denim to show off the shades of indigo.