How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Jeans

I have also made a chevron denim rug out of the legs.

How to make a rug out of old jeans.

Instead of throwing out your old blue jeans craft them into an attractive and functional rug. It s not like other fabrics. My family and friends know how much i love to upcycle denim so they happily hand me over their old jeans to repurpose. This video may help guide you along.

I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was. This project is easy to sew and can be finished in less than an hour. So i m now saving up my denim scraps to make an even larger one. There are more ideas for diy blue jean rugs here too.

Old clothing that is too worn out to donate is the perfect material for making rag rugs. There is more than one way to make a blue jean rug. I have rounded up some of the cleverest and unique ways to make an upcycled denim rug. I ve made a video showing you the best way to cut up t shirts to make rag rugs.

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. Hand made rug door mat carpets mate mats table mats diy recycl. So gather up all of the supplies you need and enjoy making your thrifty throw rug out of recycled blue jeans. Making rugs out of old denim is one of my favourite ways to upcycle fabrics.

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. I m so pleased with this rug. You will actually need 3 pretty long stripes in order to create a nice braided rug from them. Two pair of blue jeans can create a pieced top to a simple throw rug.

Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim. This makes it a great fabric to repurpose into a blue jean rug. Some involve sewing others are a denim no sew upcycle. Once you cut it up into strips you don t notice any holes or staining in the fabric.

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. There are some tricks when sewing with denim. In this video i m going to show you how to recycling old clothes fabric in to useful things.