How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Jeans

Hopefully it won t take too long.

How to make a rug out of old jeans.

There are more ideas for diy blue jean rugs here too. I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6. Upcycle your old blue jeans into awesome denim yarn for crochet knitting or weaving into denim rugs purses and more have you seen all of the posts lately about making yarn out of old t shirts. Instead of throwing out your old blue jeans craft them into an attractive and functional rug.

There are some tricks when sewing with denim. There is more than one way to make a blue jean rug. Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim. 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.

I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was. That s pretty cool and so i thought why not try and make denim yarn that would be perfect for heavier rag rugs or purses and such. This video may help guide you along. I have rounded up some of the cleverest and unique ways to make an upcycled denim rug.

So gather up all of the supplies you need and enjoy making your thrifty throw rug out of recycled blue jeans. You will actually need 3 pretty long stripes in order to create a nice braided rug from them. In this video i m going to show you how to recycling old clothes fabric in to useful things. Once you cut it up into strips you don t notice any holes or staining in the fabric.

Making rugs out of old denim is one of my favourite ways to upcycle fabrics. So i m now saving up my denim scraps to make an even larger one. Some involve sewing others are a denim no sew upcycle. I m so pleased with this rug.

This project is easy to sew and can be finished in less than an hour. I have also made a chevron denim rug out of the legs. Hand made rug door mat carpets mate mats table mats diy recycl. This makes it a great fabric to repurpose into a blue jean rug.

My family and friends know how much i love to upcycle denim so they happily hand me over their old jeans to repurpose. Two pair of blue jeans can create a pieced top to a simple throw rug. A recycled bath towel provides the cushy backing. Once all the jeans are cut to stripes you will have to sew the stripes together so you can get a longer piece of material.