You will need a lot of denim seams from old jeans to make this gorgeous woven jeans rug.
How to make a denim rug from old jeans.
Use a mixture of jeans waistbands from dark to light denim to show off the shades of indigo.
Cut along the edges of the thick seams and save the single layers of fabric.
Here s a great diy tutorial to make a recycled rug out of old denim.
Bind the canvas mesh mat edges if desired using the discarded jeans seams.
You just need some old jeans scissors yarn one clothespin and a piece of cardboard cut to the size you want your rug to be.
Step 1 use scissors to cut strips out of old denim jeans that measure 3 inches wide by 12 inches long each.
It is estimated the seams from 50 pairs of jeans were used to make this rug.
I wanted a fairly large rug so i just cut a piece of cardboard measuring 4 x 6 then cut tiny slits at each end to put my string through.
I ve used the seams of old jeans to make a denim tabletop lampshade before you don t need quite as many seams for this project.
Don t worry if some of your waistbands are not intact or are a bit small.
Press with your fingers to help the denim adhere to the mat.
Wash and dry the denim items.
A third option is weaving the denim strips.
One option is to make a braided rug by sewing braided strands of denim yarn together.
Sew the strips together end to end to create three long denim strips that each measures 3 inches wide by 84 inches long.
Secondly you can also crochet or knit the strips into a rug.
And finally the denim yarn can be used for latch hooking a rug.
I made this last week and couldn t believe how easy it was.
Slide 1 inch on one side of the seam under the rug and fold the seam around to the top of the canvas mesh to hide the edge.