Tips For Braiding Rug In Order To Machine Sew Braids
Follow these tips for your handmade braided rug and use grandma s four strand braid and interlocking method to cut down on the amount of sewing necessary to finish your oval braided rug.
Tips for braiding rug in order to machine sew braids. Step 1 part 1. 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. By braiding the rags just like you d braid hair you end up with a very long strip of fabric. Set your sewing machine on a loose and large zigzag stitch.
When else would someone find it necessary to spend weeks braiding piecing and sewing a r. Only do this if you have a heavy duty sewing machine that is built for sewing thick fabrics. When the braid is finished the next step is to coil it into a round or oval rug and sew it together. I realize putting no sew in the title of this post might be a teeny bit misleading because you do need to use a needle and thread at the end as you coil the braid but there s no need to haul out the sewing machine so technically in my book of rationale it s no sew.
Take a needle and thread and place a stitch at each end to hold them together. Looking back i fully admit that this was one of those crazy pregnancy induced projects. Braided rugs have been around for a long time and there are countless different ways to make them. Tight and small first braid makes a round rug and a long first braid makes a more rectangle rug.
You can make it into any shape depending on that first braid. Rags can be turned into rugs in several different ways. Continue to wind the braid around the rest of the braid making stitches to hold to each other. Curl the rug around its self and sew the braids together.
We have found an easy way that takes a fraction of the time using simple braids and a sewing machine.