braided towel rug

**Sara Noel** · 09-16-2005, 07:40 PM

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_home_acc...237181,00.html

**baxjul** · 09-16-2005, 07:50 PM

I love that. I'm going to make one. Thanks

**Kimberlina** · 09-16-2005, 09:56 PM

I really like it, too. I have tons of towels. I just need to have the courage to tear into some blue ones to make one for MILs bathroom....

**babetteq** · 09-17-2005, 06:22 AM

I did this not too long ago, however, it turned into a sort of bowl shape. It's now being used as a cat basket because I just didn't have the inclination to unstitch it all. I've been told since then that when you sew it up, do it on a table - that is the key to a rug that sits flat. I did mine on my lap = catbasket. They are pretty and cozy looking aren't they?

babs

**Michelle** · 09-17-2005, 06:38 AM

Neat

**SewCrafty** · 09-17-2005, 07:28 AM

Love it, thanks Sara!

**blink041** · 09-17-2005, 08:04 AM

how neat! i think im going to try that--looks easy enuf even for me.

**UPSyours2** · 09-17-2005, 09:52 AM

Thanks Sara

Ma & I have made rugs very similar to this using rags, her friend owned a store & they had soo much material scraps left-over Ma is very creative making use of all this stuff. She worked as a seamstress many years ago.

While cleaning out Ma's house I found those metal clips we used to hold the braidings together. Then I saw someplace online to make a dog-bone shaped material rug I think they used denium material. I printed out the pages but not sure where I found them online. When I find out...I'll post it!

For our church Bazaar/Fair they always had a hand-made booth (The Ladies Aid Society) these ladies all created stuff by crocheting, knitting lots of things even dresses for dolls.

Ma made a few dolls on the old style 7-UP glass bottles w/the styrofoam wrapper. She had a big collection of Bride & Groom dolls, using all this material scraps came in handy. She also made potholders outta some of the material demo books.

One of my favorites was the jingle bell clown doll this was simple to make using cut-out circles of material, then you sew them up all around making them kinda like a pouch then pull the thread tight so all the gathers are together. You need to make many of these then thread them all together & stuffing a sock for the head, (depending on child's age you can either sew some stiches for the face or sew on shiny buttons for the eyes) cutting out triangle-shaped material pieces sewing them together, adding a jingle bell inside a pom-pom on the hands & feet. It was squishable soft, not many parts to fall off.

~ANDREA~

**Missy** · 09-17-2005, 11:36 AM

Crafters Coast to Coast is one of my most favorite shows! I like this project, i might make one for the kids bathroom.

**Kimberlina** · 09-18-2005, 09:37 PM

Okay, I just made one. Here it is: http://www.frugalvillage.com/forums/...555#post470555

**Valerie in WA** · 09-20-2005, 12:09 PM

to protect your countertops and tables from hot dishes. You could make them in colors to match your kitchen decor, AND you could also make them in 'holiday' colors - red and green for Christmas dinner, orange and brown for Thanksgiving. Very

How much toweling to make a small one? I'm guessing three hand towels, but that is just a guess.

**Kimberlina** · 09-20-2005, 02:03 PM

Valerie, I didn't even use three regular-sized towels for mine (about 24" across)- I don' know what that means as far as small one and hand towels, but it is a pain to sew the strips all together, so I used regular towels and cut them so the strips were long, not wide. (And FWIW, I didn' do it exactly as show- all three of my towels were slightly different lengths, and I just sewed on a new strip of each one when I ran out, which I think shows less, anyway.)