Saturday, September 18, 2010

My First Rag Rug

I haven't put any photos of it up yet, but I got a floor loom a few weeks back. My first project on it was this rag rug. I'm going to give it to my mom when I see her at Thanksgiving (hi mom, if you are reading this). As soon as I starting thinking about rag rugs, I became obsessed with them. I have purchased 3 books and have started following a few blogs of rag rug makers. The piles of fabric scraps are growing! To me rag rugs are a combination of weaving and quilting. The thing that I love about quilting is using up scraps of fabric. It appeals to the recycle-er in me. I'm going to start warping for my next project: a wool rag rug.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, Traci! You are now a weaver. Your sense of color is flawless!

Lisa

amime said...

This is one of the coolest Rag Rugs I've seen! I love the color work. May I ask what you used for your warp?

I LOVE your blog BTW :)

Traci said...

yellow and white cotton rug warp. thanks!