[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

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My grandmother -- now long deceased, used to make rag rugs so their whole 
house was full of these nice oval rag rugs.  What i remember her or my 
mother saying was that she would take the rags and cut in strips and fold 
them so the edges were concealed, then braid them and sew the braids 
together. I never tried such a thing.  Nowadays people just don't do rag 
rugs -- that came out of the depression era and before when a rag rug was 
really an economical and effective solution.  But i remember growing up and 
looking at grandma's rag rugs and having Mom tell how grandma saved 
grandpa's old suits and shirts and made rugs out of them.
Oh well. That's the extent of my knowledge.
Happy krafting.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:07 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs


My sons have rented their first office space.  It is in an old warehouse and 
they ripped up all the flooring this weekend and found a distressed wood 
floor under everything else.  I would like to make a simple rag rug to put 
on the floor and understand that I need to braid long strips of fabric and 
then coil it to make the rug.  Has anyone made a rag rug before?  Would 
anyone be interested in teaching such a class and would others be intersted 
in learning to make rag rugs?

I guess this also goes along with the Friday question even though I had 
never thought of it before this weekend.

Marianne
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