Rag Rug

This is a rag rug I've been working on and off for a while now. Everybody that sees it always asks the same question, "How long did it take to make?" It's hard to say, because I would just work on it here and there, mainly when I was bored while watching tv. But if I had to estimate, I'd say it took maybe a total of 10 hours. Again, spread out over a year, just a little here and there.

The material I used was scrap pieces of material, saved from various projects over the years. And I'm talking years....curtains from childhood, bandanas from pets over the years, onesies my kids wore as babies, shirts they wore as toddlers, material I used to make a changing table cover when I thought I was pregnant with a girl (and it turned out to be a boy!), material from a skirt my mom made me when I went on the one and only date my husband and I had before we got married...etc. Stuff like that. So needless to say, it is a rug made with love and memories!

I bought the actual rug from Wal-Mart for around $4 dollars.

I cut the material strips 10.5 inches in length, but made them various sizes in width. I used a rotary cutter on a self-healing cutting matte. Makes cutting SO much easier. And you can do several layers at the same time. Then I just used a crochet needle and pulled the material through the rug strands. I did not knot them, because my mom thought the knots all through it would be uncomfortable on the feet. (The only thing about that, is when it comes time to clean it, I don't know if it'll all fall out or not. I'm thinking I'll just spray it down with Lysol and it toss into the dryer to fluff for a few minutes.)