Visitors to middlesbrough institute of modern art mima can now buy traditional clippy mats.
How to make a clippy mat.
Hooky mats are slightly different but all the names refer to how the mats are made or the tool used to make them.
Basically proggy proddy peggy tab clippie and clootie mats are all regional names for the same thing.
Like many crafts mat making was originally born out of necessity but today is very much about.
Cut the mat down to the desired size.
A short video which explains how to create textile projects using the proggy technique.
Make your own proggy mat during our proggy mat workshop and take it home along with your own mat making kit.
This will show you what size to cut your fabric and how to add it to.
You can even cut it into a shape such as a crescent moon or heart.
You can make your rug a square or a rectangle.
Made from old sacks and recycled fabric including old clothes and sheets proggy mats were an economical option to keep feet warm in an era before fitted carpets.
The tradition of making rag mats isn t unique to the north east but the terms hooky and proggy are regional.
I have admired ali s work for years and in danger of being a bit too.
So when i saw the ouseburn farm poster about learning proggy mat making also known as hooky clippy clootie mats or rugs my attention was caught.
The traditional proggy mat once a common feature of north east homes is making a comeback.
The tradition of mat making isn t unique to the north east but the terms hooky and proggy are.
The fact that it was ali rhind teaching the taster course made me decide to find out if i could get on this course.
The clippy proggy hooky rough rag mat known by many names the clippy mat grew out of the needs of poor workers to furnish their homes in much less throw away times.
This is a lady making a proggy mat note they are made stretched on a frame and worked with the wrong side facing up.
Non slip rubber mats for rugs come in rolls so you will need to cut yours down to the right size.