Do-it-yourself rug from old jeans

Denim has not gone out of fashion for several decades. Popular interior designers use this material to make furniture and designer textiles. In this case, it is most often used not new, but artificially aged fabric. Why not use their ideas for making homemade crafts? Moreover, there is always an old windbreaker and shabby work jeans at hand. Throwing a solid piece of fabric is wasteful if you can create a stylish decor item from it. Make a rug from old jeans with your own hands, giving a new life to old things, using one of the ideas selected for you.

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Fluffy denim rug

Terry rugs from shabby shreds and stripes look very unusual. Such a carpet will decorate the nursery and living room, fans of the eco-style will definitely like it. The idea of ​​this rug is that several layers of fabric are stitched, and then cut along the seam, and a wavy fringe is created.

Here's how to do it step by step:

1. It will take from 2 to 5 pieces of jeans of equal size. The more layers, the more magnificent the fringe will be.
2. Fasten the fabric, sew it diagonally.
3. Wrap the edges with tape.
4. Take a sharp knife, cut the upper material along the stitch, leaving only the backing. To make the rug fluffy, straighten the fringe by hand.

Important! For more shabby, wash the finished mat in the washing machine.

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Patchwork

This workshop will tell you how to make a patchwork rug from old jeans with your own hands. The idea can be used for baby blankets, bedspreads and pillows. Small patches are sewn onto a dense base and create a very nice, fluffy surface:

1. Cut a lot of small denim squares in different colors.
2. Fold them in a corner, stitch one to the other in the middle so that the peaks look in one direction.
3. Sew ribbons with shreds along the line onto the base fabric, placing them as close to each other as possible.

Important! Thanks to this method, small, unnecessary scraps from old clothes can be disposed of. Combining colors and shades, the underside and the face of the fabric, create a geometric pattern or a smooth gradient that gives the rug an individual touch.

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Embossed Denim Rug

This mat is suitable for the bathroom and hallway. It weaves like a tapestry in which the base thread is replaced by strips of denim.

For a rug measuring 80 * 60 cm, you will need:

• 4 pairs of jeans;
• furniture stapler;
• tape;
• cardboard frame;
• sewing machine.

Step by step the whole process looks like this:

1. Steam and cut the legs on the inside seam, cutting the stitch.
2. Cut the fabric into strips 3.5 cm wide.
3. Sew the ribbons into tubes and steam them so that the seam is in the middle.
4. Fix the strips on the cardboard with a stapler.
5. Skip the thick thread one by one above and below the strips, weaving the base of the doormat.
6. Remove the finished rug from the frame.

Looking at this track, you can not guess that it is made with your own hands from unnecessary jeans.

Important! Using strips of fabric or edges instead of threads, make a rug with a denser weave.

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Mat made of denim braids

Old blue or blue jeans make an original round rug.The light inside and dark color of the material will create an attractive colorful contrast. A braid is sewn, which means that this manufacturing option is suitable for beginner needleworkers:

1. Cut the fabric into strips 4 cm wide, weave a braid out of 3 ribbons. Fasten the beginning with a pin or sew it by hand, securing the strips.
2. Wrap the chain in a tight spiral, sew a snake between each other.
3. Gradually grow the rows, connect them manually with a seam over the edge.
4. Having formed the mat of the desired diameter, sew and trim the edge.
5. Wrap it inside out and hem it.

If you do not like that the fabric frowns during weaving, wrap the edges inside the ribbon and iron it with an iron.

Important! Pick up the threads according to the color of the mat, then it will look neat.

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Denim trimmings

After making the previous tracks, unnecessary edges with thick seams and trim will remain. They can be used to sew a dense rug in the hallway. The side seams from the clothes are sewn onto the base, and the rug comes out durable and dense.

This is how the whole process looks in more detail:

1. Take a strip of fabric with a seam and trim one of the sides right next to the line. Handle all cuts this way.
2. Sew the first seam to the base. We overlap the second one with it, we also sew it.
3. Fill the entire surface of the rug.
4. We make the edging of the canvas.

The strips make excellent, durable doormats with geometric patterns. You can sew one stripe after another or lay out an interesting pattern from them.

Important! If you plan to make an oval rug, then start from the center of the rug. To prevent seams attached around the circumference, the denim is cut with scissors.

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What else can I sew a jeans rug from?

Surprisingly, even belts with pockets are used:

1. Open the belt and straighten it in a strip. It turned out a tape with a beautiful, shabby surface.
2. Lay the belts on top of one another, sew them to the base.

Important! With pockets and labels from old jeans, they do exactly the same. It turns out a fun rug that can be used as a plaid and even an organizer for small things, if you hang the rug on the wall.

How else to make a rug from old jeans with your own hands?

• The smallest shreds and strips can be fixed on a plastic canvas or net - you get a fluffy rug with a fringe.
• By trimming the leg so that a straight and even canvas is obtained on all sides, wedges with a side seam remain. They can be assembled into a round doormat and sew on a middle that differs in color from the rest of the material.
• Shreds come in handy in a variety of patchwork designs. Sort them by color, to then sew the mat from the scraps. Gather all unnecessary shreds of denim and bright fabric and wash them randomly on the base mat. It will turn out an interesting motley doormat.

Important! The beauty of denim is that it combines perfectly with other natural materials: burlap, cotton, linen. Use combinations of these materials to create a beautiful rug for the house.

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Having made a rug of jeans with your own hands, you will reduce the amount of thrown things and decorate your interior with a stylish handmade thing. Combine several ideas from these master classes in one doormat, and you will get a truly authorial thing.