From Rags to Rugs


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What better way to use up pieces of leftover fabric than making a rug? The Rugmaker's Homestead site is the ideal place to start if you're not sure how to go about making a rag rug. It lists 20 different types of rag rugs, varying in the skill level required, each with clear explanations. There're various techniques, such as looped rugs, knitted rugs, braided rugs, twisted rugs, woven rugs, and much more.

Rug Hooking Online provides articles on rug hooking, from dyeing to cloth cutting, designs to backing, as well as a celebration gallery of rugs, which is not a site to visit if you're put off trying a project yourself by the spectacular work of others.

But if you find yourself inspired by the works of others, there're plenty to be found: Rug Weaver's Workshop Gallery, Claire Murray's designs, Judy Standerford (I loved those blue jeans rugs), Janet Stanley Reid, Ontario Hooking Guild and, inevitably, Kaffe Fasset.

Of course if you're a dedicated rag-rugger you won't be able to keep up with your ideas if you only use leftover bits of fabric and you'll wear yourself out cutting up strips, so it's no suprise that there are companies who will sell you strips of fabric!

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