Braided Towel Rug

Marianne cuts about 13 strips to make a medium size rug.

Braided towel rug. The video photos help tremendously and the directions are the most concise i found. Why not make a braided beach towel rug that could be used in the bathroom. Braided and stitched bath towel rug. Fold the towels in half and start cutting one inch strips.

Cut off the border of the towels if necessary. This is crucial as the thread is used to sew the braids of the area rug together. Here is a video to show simple easy steps on how to do bathing mat using old towels. Line up 3 strips.

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. Starting in the center of the rug sew the braids to each other so the rug doesn t uncoil. It actually turned out pretty nice. Cut bath towels into strips 1 to 1 1 2 inches wide.

I used two inch strips and ended up with four. Thank you so much for watching. Once you have a braid that s long enough braid coil the strips into an oval shape on a flat surface. Hope you like it.

Trust me on this i have looked. There are lots of diy posts about rag rugs out there but most of them just left me confused. A braided rug from towels is a great way to create your own area rugs on the cheap. Braided beach towel rug.

The beach towel i purchased measured 30 inches by 60 inches and the final rug was about 20 inches round. The only other thing that is important to know is thinking of a really awesome design. Take a strip in each color and sew the three ends together. The first step is cutting your beach towel up into strips.

A sewing machine or some needle and thread will be needed to make a braided rug from towels. Join the towel strips by stitching the ends of the cut strips together to create three long strips.