We recently had new flooring installed in our home and my side entry needed a small carpet. Making rope bowls had been so much fun – why not sew a rug? I started off with two 100 foot skeins of cotton rope. In the washing machine they went with brown dye. Doing a flat surface is a lot of fun and I loved the look of the variegated brown thread I used. When the rope had almost run out, it was clear that the rug wasn’t big enough. Two more skeins dyed and back to the sewing machine!
The brown variegated thread rant out so I went on to a green/blue variegated thread! Yup – that ran out too! I switched to a brown that matched the rope. The second dye batch did not match the first, so I switched thread again, this time to a dark brown. I lost count of how many bobbins I filled – I’m pretty sure it was about 8! I emptied some spools of thread too!
The rug is backed with a non-slip material for safety’s sake. The rug is perfect in it’s new home and I surely get a kick out of the fact that I made it!
This rug was April’s first finish – let’s see what I accomplished in March:
Linking up with: Jo’s Country Junction, Sew, Stitch, Snap, Linky Tuesday, Needle & Thread Thursday, Midweek Makers
I love it. Looks like a project for me once I get the sewing room up and running. I’m hoping to have only a few rooms with carpet. Rugs that I make will be fun, I can use up some of my variegated thread too. Marianne
Great job on the rug! That’s a lot of stitching!!
Joyce, that rug is wonderful! You are so very creative.
Jean
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Your floors are gorgeous! And I love the idea of making your own special rug. Lots of thread! It looks fantastic and even though there were a lot of thread color changes…it worked perfectly!
Thank you. I really love my new flooring!
So, you dyed your rope instead of covering it with fabric? What kind of rope did you use and what kind of dye? I really like the results.
Cotton clothesline rope and Rit dye. I didn’t think fabric would be good for an entry rug, so I used threads for colors.
What a fun project – your rug looks great! Amazing to see the amount of thread used in this project.
It’s fabulous. IT’s something I’ve always fancied doing but never got round to it. Maybe one day
Congrats! Who would know that that’s 400 ft of rope – wow!
What an awesome rug!! I have a rope ready to use, just haven’t gotten the courage. It needs to go on my to-do list!!
To it! Not at all hard. Start with a small trivet.
A wonderful rug! And lots of thread used, amazing! Thanks for sharing with ‘sew stitch snap SHARE’
Love it!
That looks fabulous!