A recycled bath towel provides the cushy backing.
How to make a rug out of old jeans.
This makes it a great fabric to repurpose into a blue jean rug.
There is more than one way to make a blue jean rug.
So gather up all of the supplies you need and enjoy making your thrifty throw rug out of recycled blue jeans.
There are more ideas for diy blue jean rugs here too.
Two pair of blue jeans can create a pieced top to a simple throw rug.
Hopefully it won t take too long.
So i m now saving up my denim scraps to make an even larger one.
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.
Once you cut it up into strips you don t notice any holes or staining in the fabric.
There are some tricks when sewing with denim.
Instead of throwing out your old blue jeans craft them into an attractive and functional rug.
I m so pleased with this rug.
It s not like other fabrics.
Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim.
Some involve sewing others are a denim no sew upcycle.
You will actually need 3 pretty long stripes in order to create a nice braided rug from them.
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.
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Making rugs out of old denim is one of my favourite ways to upcycle fabrics.
I ve made a video showing you the best way to cut up t shirts to make rag rugs.
I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6.
This project is easy to sew and can be finished in less than an hour.
Old clothing that is too worn out to donate is the perfect material for making rag rugs.
In this video i m going to show you how to recycling old clothes fabric in to useful things.
I have also made a chevron denim rug out of the legs.
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.
My family and friends know how much i love to upcycle denim so they happily hand me over their old jeans to repurpose.