How To Make A Cotton Rope Rug

Once you coil a complete circle use a medium to long stitch length and the widest zigzag setting to sew between the ropes and join them together.

How to make a cotton rope rug.

Next weave the cut cotton pieces in between the netting grid as shown in the photo. Once secured with a rubber band fluff out the piping pieces so they have more of a fuzzy pom pom shape. The tails eventually become sewn as well and give more pop to the rug on this side. Any kind of rope will work but i chose cotton clothesline because it s soft but durable.

Watch the quick video hereto visualize it. I continued gluing until i had approximately twelve rows. Take one end of the rope and twist it in a circle as tight as you can as seen in the picture below. The cost of materials for a 5x8 rug totaled about 300.

Keep turning the coil and joining new rope to the coil until you reach the end of your sewn and wrapped rope. Sew with a wide zig zag stitch. Firstly i bent the cotton sash cord around in a circular pattern glued in between and held the cord together for a few seconds. Coil the rope until the rug is approximately 24 inches across or your desired width.

Hold the coil down with your hands so it doesn t unravel. Continue to twist the rope around until you get a large circle of rope. Then pull the pieces upward and tie them together with a rubber band again as shown in the photo. To get the desired result on the back fold the fabric around the rope like a hot dog bun on a hot dog and let the tails stay flat while you keep sewing around and around.

I just simply bent the rope into loops and glued. Plus it s super cheap so you can make a whole rug for less than 20. There are lots of ways to actually make your rug glue being a. To start out the rug make sure your on a flat slightly slippery surface such as a wood or tile floor.