How To Make A Custom Rug Out Of Fabric

Now place the fabric on a smooth clean surface design side down.

How to make a custom rug out of fabric.

Starting with the long sides fold the fabric edges up over the mat. On the occasion that you do find the perfect rug but it falls outside your budget consider recreating the coveted design with a little fabric paint just as katie from mountain modern life had. Make sure you get the whole surface covered. Lay out the hemmed drop cloth flat on the floor and attach area rug tape to the underside.

When you cut the rug base to the size you have determined that you want use a straight edge and mark a line on the outside border of the vinyl to make sure that you cut in a straight line. If you added two inches of fabric fold the fabric on top of itself first to create a hem and then fold over the mat. On my strip of drop cloth i used glue to fold about half a inch of it over to make a neat line i do this on both sides with glue and then add more glue to the strip and place the rug on top of half of the strip and and add more glue and fold the other half of the strip on top of the rug. Next break out your fabric paint painter s tape and a foam brush.

Spray glue is sold like spray paint in a can no equipment needed but it does cost about 8 a can. This will keep it from slipping both while you paint and when you walk on it afterwards. I wanted a simple striped border in burgundy to match the rest of my bedroom decor. Lay the cotton batting on top of the rug pad also pressing out any creases or folds.

Use painter s tape to create stripe pattern. If needed add extra spray adhesive along the edges of the fabric and the rubber mat. White glue like elmers would work. Then lay the fabric right side up on top of those two layers making sure it is nice and flat as well image 1.

Place the fabric over it and smooth it out.