Machine Sewing A Braided Rug

Curl the rug around its self and sew the braids together.
Machine sewing a braided rug. Push your chair back and braid another few feet of yarn. Machine stitch the strips together at their ends to make extra long strips. Switching to a new braid when you reach the end of the braided yarn push the sewing machine needle to the down position so that it is stuck inside your rug and leave your sewing machine foot down. Then simply continue sewing.
Making a braided rag rug usually involve sewing. This is a modern take on the traditional braided rag rug. The no sew woven version is something of a unicorn. If you don t have one of these or don t have a sewing machine at all the best option is to hand sew the braids together.
Set your sewing machine on a loose and large zigzag stitch. Pin it to secure. Only do this if you have a heavy duty sewing machine that is built for sewing thick fabrics. Braided rag rug instructions cut the fabric into long 1 1 2 inch wide strips.
3 coil the braid. It can be a bit tricky to sew very large rugs are they get a bit unwieldy as the rug grows but it s worth the effort. Raise your sewing chair enough so that you have some leverage on the table as holding the edges of the rug together while pushing it through the machine requires steady pressure. Hide the head end of the braid when your rounding strip reaches there.
The weaving below follows the same principle that we all used in making those funny cotton loop potholders under over under over. Place the braid at the center 6 squares width wide coil and go around the first strip. T shirt fabric strips are braided then sewn together on a sewing machine. The no sew woven version is something of a unicorn.