DIY Rag Rug Basket
Stay organized, and learn how to craft a charming rag rug basket in our step-by-step tutorial. This ingenious Ikea hack can be used with any rug too!
Servings: 1
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Sewing machine with size 14 needle
- Scissors
- T-square
- Marker
- Duct tape
- Sewing pins
Ingredients
- 1 rag rug
- Coordinating canvas or twill fabric for bottom of basket
Instructions
- Lay the rug out vertically in front of you. Using the T-bar, measure 7” down from the short side of the rug. (10” down for a larger basket.)
- Using scissors, cut across the width of the rug at this measurement.
- Run a strip of duct tape across the bottom cut edge of the rug to prevent fraying, and make 1/2" clips every 1” along the bottom edge of the duct tape.
- Fold the rug in half with the right sides facing one another.
- Sew up the edge at 3/8” seam allowance, stopping just before reaching the twine ties.Because of the thickness of both layers of rug, we chose not to pin them together for this step. It was a short enough distance and there seemed to be enough texture not to need to.
- Untie the twine knots at each end, and re-tie the two groups together to form one knot.
- Cut out an 8” circle of canvas.
- Pin the right sides of the rug and the canvas bottom together with sewing pins. The clips at the bottom of the rug will allow it to form to the circular canvas bottom.
- Sew the two layers together at 1/2” – 3/4” seam allowance.
- Turn the right side out, form into cylindrical shape, and braid the twine ties if you wish.