Braided Towel Rug

Trust me on this i have looked.

Braided towel rug. Why not make a braided beach towel rug that could be used in the bathroom. Starting in the center of the rug sew the braids to each other so the rug doesn t uncoil. The video photos help tremendously and the directions are the most concise i found. It actually turned out pretty nice.

Thank you so much for watching. Line up 3 strips. Fold the towels in half and start cutting one inch strips. The first step is cutting your beach towel up into strips.

The only other thing that is important to know is thinking of a really awesome design. Cut the bath towels into strips using a cutting mat and rotary cutter we made ours 3 inches wide. Join the towel strips by stitching the ends of the cut strips together to create three long strips. Twist the long braided.

Marianne cuts about 13 strips to make a medium size rug. Braided and stitched bath towel rug. Take a strip in each color and sew the three ends together. Fortunately this braided rag rug tutorial by megan nielsen is excellent and most likely the best you re going to find.

In order to make the woven rug shown in the top picture look up four strand braided rag rugs i make them using a four strand braid where you loup the fourth strand into the previous row. A braided rug from towels is a great way to create your own area rugs on the cheap. I used two inch strips and ended up with four. Cut bath towels into strips 1 to 1 1 2 inches wide.

This is crucial as the thread is used to sew the braids of the area rug together. Here is a video to show simple easy steps on how to do bathing mat using old towels. Braided beach towel rug. Cut off the border of the towels if necessary.

A sewing machine or some needle and thread will be needed to make a braided rug from towels. There are lots of diy posts about rag rugs out there but most of them just left me confused.