Finally! Here's our 'rag rug'. We saw it first at a friend's house and just loved it. All you'll need is a piece of fabric measuring the size of the place you want the rug to go and little 2" squares. We weren't particular about the square size....(translated, we eyeballed the squares and didn't measure them all)
Our bright squares piled on our work table. 
And then sewing the squares on....
After you cut your 2" squares, fold them in half, (corner to corner). Then, sew straight through the middle, (over-lapping the ends of each square) securing squares to the base fabric. Continue sewing squares in a long row down the entire length of the fabric base. When you're ready to start another row, hold the previous row back with one hand while you're stitching the next row. Your rows of stitching will be about 3/4" apart. We started the whole process with a row of squares in approximately the center of the base. Once you've made it from the center to one side of the base, you'll head the other direction. One of the nice things about this rug is that the sewing lines don't have to be perfect. Once the fabric "fluffs" up, you'll never see the stitching lines. If you want the rug to look even fuller and fluffier, sew the rows closer together. This is one rug that is made without any "perfect" way, and yet it is as cute as can be!
tada! Here's the back and front of our new rug!
I have a large stack of red white and blue themed 2" squares that I've had for...4 yrs maybe. This is the PERFECT project for all those squares.
Posted by: Tami | July 16, 2008 at 07:15 AM