Old Towel Braided Rug

The first step is cutting your beach towel up into strips.

Old towel braided rug. Hgtv handmade shows us a throwback episode where clever crafters show us how to use our towels to create new trendy. Bath rug bathroom floor mats washable bathtub shower sink floor towels 100 turkish cotton bath mat foot towels cream light pink lighte brown 1 light pink 4 3 out of 5 stars 295 14 97 14. Cut the bath towels into strips using a cutting mat and rotary cutter we made ours 3 inches wide. By mom from missouri 255 posts 2 424 comments page uses for old towels.

In order to make the woven rug shown in the top picture look up four strand braided rag rugs i make them using a four strand braid where you loup the fourth strand into the previous row. Slice up some towels then grab a needle and thread so you can make a pretty braided bath rug out of any colors you choose. Cut off the border of the towels if necessary. Line up 3 strips.

Recycling can come in all sorts of forms and with all sorts of materials towels in this case. When you think of recycling does your mind go right to breaking down paper boxes and lugging bags of empty water bottles to recycling bins or bottle machines. Sisters of the wild west. Braided beach towel rug.

These absorbent and. This easy to do project only requires towels and gridded matting to make a fantastically stylish bath rug. But another nifty way to recycle them is to make them into braided rugs. Start by folding a towel in half and cutting it into 1 5 inch strips.

Take three strips and sew them together at one end. Recycled painted floor cloth use these step by step instructions to paint a floor cloth and add color to any room in the house. Take a look at these creative shape shifting towel projects. Put the softness of a well worn pair of jeans underfoot by transforming old denim into a soft and fringy rug.

It actually turned out pretty nice. If you feel bad about sending old towels out to pasture try upcycling them instead. Braided rug from old towels. Then braid the strips and sew on three more strips when you reach the end.

You can turn your old bath towels into a thick fuzzy rug with a few simple steps. I used two inch strips and ended up with four. We all know we can recycle bath towels that are worn in spots to become potholders or washcloths. It ll make getting out of the bath or shower worth it.

The beach towel i purchased measured 30 inches by 60 inches and the final rug was about 20 inches round.