In theory, a "rag rug" is supposed to be made of old clothes or other materials you don't need anymore. I loved the idea of using old baby clothes but Baby G's room colors are yellow, gray, and light purple. M's old wardrobe pretty much consists of blues, reds, and greens so that didn't really work out. M and I went to Joann Fabrics and bought material instead. I've never bought fabric for anything in my life so it was an interesting experience that included picking up and putting back at least ten different fabrics. I settled on a really soft cotton. The only downside is that the edges fray a bit when it's cut. I'm not anywhere near enough of a fabric expert to tell you what kind of material might not do that though.
One of the problems I had was figuring out how much material to buy. I read various blogs and blog comments from people who had made them and found a lot of different answers. I ended up buying three yards of each color.
Here's my warning on this project: it's very time consuming. I've been working on it about one week and I've maybe put in four hours total of work on it. Here's the current progress:
At least I have 18 weeks left. The bottom is a non-slip rug mat you'd use under an area rug. The only thing I'm doing differently than DIY & Crafts is tying the pieces instead of leaving them loose. The piece of rug mat I bought is about 3 feet by 5 feet. We'll see if the whole thing gets done or if it gets cut down. This blog will be updated when it's finished, hopefully before October 24th.
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UPDATE: 6/25
I've gotten through the first 9 yards of fabric and ended up with about 3 feet by a little over 1 1/2 feet of finished rug.
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