Tee Shirt Rug

Wow...I started this rug in December.  I NEVER thought I'd finish it, but finally, today, it's all done.  I saw these on ETSY and thought making one would be easy and a fun way to use up old tee shirts.  That's all there is to it...rug canvas and 1"x4" strips of tee shirts.  Mine is white...but you could make any color, pattern or mix of colors...just takes some imagination and tee shirts. (I supposed you could dye them first for a really custom look)

I bought a packet of rug webbing (one package was enough for 2  2'x3' rugs)

and a package of rug binding. Sewing the binding to the edge of the webbing is very easy...

Then...just collect all the tee shirts you can find...

I think I used 9 for this rug...and cut into 1"x 4" strips

(a rotary cutter is SUPER valuable)

I cut a template out of card stock and used it as an aid

to make the cutting go faster

Cut off the hem

then just cut row after row of 1" strips

then cut the opposite direction to make them 4" long

Start feeding either end of the tee shirt strip through the 

webbing. (initially I did every square...but the rug

became too thick and heavy so I did every other row)

It's very time consuming...but definitely something 

you can do watching tv

see the darker square on the lower left corner

of the rug...ugh...thats from a pretty old dingy shirt...

may have to change that out.