[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

[Zimmer, Cindy]

*laugh  well, not yet.  I would have to get it out and check it out again.  I never finished a rug because it worked to slow for me but others might really enjoy it.  Maybe in a few months.

Thanks,
Cindy Z. 

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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:02 PM
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It sounds interesting.  Are you ready to teach a class?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs


>I took a class on Toothbrush rugs not to long ago.  You use a handle of a 
>toothbrush as a needle.
>
> Cindy Z.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:19 AM
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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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