Braided Towel Rug

This is crucial as the thread is used to sew the braids of the area rug together.

Braided towel rug.

There are lots of diy posts about rag rugs out there but most of them just left me confused. A braided rug from towels is a great way to create your own area rugs on the cheap. Why not make a braided beach towel rug that could be used in the bathroom. Fold the towels in half and start cutting one inch strips.

It actually turned out pretty nice. Cut off the border of the towels if necessary. Marianne cuts about 13 strips to make a medium size rug. The first step is cutting your beach towel up into strips.

Here is a video to show simple easy steps on how to do bathing mat using old towels. Twist the long braided. Take a strip in each color and sew the three ends together. Hope you like it.

Cut the bath towels into strips using a cutting mat and rotary cutter we made ours 3 inches wide. A sewing machine or some needle and thread will be needed to make a braided rug from towels. Trust me on this i have looked. 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.

The video photos help tremendously and the directions are the most concise i found. I used two inch strips and ended up with four. Fortunately this braided rag rug tutorial by megan nielsen is excellent and most likely the best you re going to find. Once you have a braid that s long enough braid coil the strips into an oval shape on a flat surface.

The only other thing that is important to know is thinking of a really awesome design. Cut bath towels into strips 1 to 1 1 2 inches wide. Join the towel strips by stitching the ends of the cut strips together to create three long strips. Braided beach towel rug.

Braided and stitched bath towel rug. The beach towel i purchased measured 30 inches by 60 inches and the final rug was about 20 inches round.