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Transform a Rug into a Textured Pillow

October 2, 2013 By Erica Deuel 4 Comments

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Texture and Color are two great loves of mine. Not new news, right!?!

The other day, I was browsing a local thrift store and found this brand new striped rug for $1. I didn’t need a new rug, but for the price, colors, and look I knew I had to buy it. I would find a cool way to use it.

I brought it home, washed it, and decided to turn this little rug into a fun, textured pillow.

rug_pillowThe rug I found measured 19″ x 33″. I figured I could fold it in half and make a cool horizontal rectangular pillow. I had a fun zipper already on hand that I wanted to use, and it just so happened to be the right length. I stole a pillow insert from another throw pillow we had and got to work.

adding_zipper_to_pillowI sewed my zipper on and then closed up the sides. The print of my rug was useful in this process, as I merely followed sewing down the ribbon line to give myself a straight sewn line.

rug_pillowcase_tutorialAfter my zipper was on and the sides were sewn up, I turned it right side out and stuffed my pillow insert in. It was complete! I love how this little pillow turned out! It was so cheap and the fun array of colors and texture make such a regular piece fun and lively.

rug_to_pillow_tutorialThe zipper adds so much character with that pop of red and chunky design. I love it.

DIY Rug Pillow

I now want to find more little cheap rugs that can be turned into pillows, as if my pillow obsession needs any growth.

There are cheap rugs sold in so many places. They may feel too cheap to be actually used as a durable rug, but they can make great thick pillowcases! I’m excited to find a place for this new decor piece in my home.

DIY_Rug_Pillow

You never know what a spoonful of imagination can do to your decor when you repurpose an object in an unusual way!

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Mohawk Home Rug Giveaway

May 10, 2013 By Erica Deuel 4 Comments

mohawk flooring rug

Do you remember seeing this beautiful picture in The Rug That Captured My Heart post? I was so excited to receive this rug from Mohawk Flooring. It is beautiful and such a gorgeous piece to have at the front of our house. I love how there are lots of colors, yet the bordering and background gray keep it from being too over powering. It is a bold piece, yet it is warm and inviting.  It is perfect! It was hard having this beauty all rolled up and waiting to move to be able to use it.

dinning room

If you are wanting a fun statement rug that will help define a room, I think this is the perfect rug! This is the 8′ x 10′ Mohawk Home Charm Nylon Rug, Multi Colored, and it really is more beautiful in person. When we moved in, I rolled this rug out as soon as it came off the truck. I have been so excited to start using it-I couldn’t even wait till all the boxes were inside.

Now, that we are in our new house and finally enjoying this beautiful rug, it is one of my favorite rooms in the house. When you open our front door this is directly to the right and your eyes can’t help but be drawn to it. The huge bay window brings in incredible light and the gorgeous rug just draws me in. I have already dragged my sewing machine down from upstairs to be able to sew in this room, but I am not the only one enjoying this room as you can see.

mohawk rug in dinning room

elements of a dinning room

kids playing in dinning room

mohawk floral rug

There are lots of other places for the kids to play (and dogs to nap) in this house, but I promise you, they go to this room often!

I have some really exciting news! Mohawk Flooring has been so generous to allow me to give away one of their accent rugs to one of you!

WIN A MOHAWK RUG

In the quick amount of time I have had to start enjoying my rug, I have already found this product to be extremely well made. I truly believe they make superior quality rugs. There are so many colors, textures, and patterns to choose from that can help express your individual style. I promise you, you will have a hard time choosing which rug to get!

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I am going to run this giveaway till the end of the month, and I will then announce the winner right here on my blog. In the mean time, start browsing Mohawk Flooring. They have a huge selection of beautiful area rugs at reasonable prices, and they can be found in so many stores!   You can also connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and Pinterest.

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Disclosure: I received this rug for free, but all opinions and words are my own.

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DIY Rug

March 22, 2013 By Erica Deuel 25 Comments


DIY rug

Have you ever had a project where once you were in the middle of it-the idea of it didn’t seem quite as grand?  You decide you will never do it again, but in a twisted way you are still glad you did it, and you might actually like the project!?  That was this DIY rug for me.

As we were clearing out and getting rid of stuff to put our house on the market (Our House Attack), I found all our old queen bed sheets.  They were stuffed in the back of our linen closet and have not been touched since we got our king bed last summer.  I put them in a huge pile and was getting ready to throw them out or donate them, when I had an idea.  That pile of sheets was a lot of neutral color fabric that had to be able to be used for something.

a craft for old sheets

I had been wanting a new rug for our sitting room, and decided that a circle rug would look best.  As I priced them out, I saw that they could be pricey, so once I saw that pile of fabric, I knew I needed to try to make a rug.

I started by folding each one of my sheets over, so when I cut my 3″ wide strips, I was saving time by cutting through four layers of fabric at once.

folded sheets

cutting strips of fabric

I literally cut 3″ wide strips out of all of the flat-bed sheets.  The length doesn’t really matter when you are cutting the fabric, but I would go back later and cut them to be about 3′ long.  You ultimately want 3″ x 3′ long strips of fabric to braid.  Much longer than that gets too hard to maneuver.

strips of fabric cut

After all your fabric is cut, you are ready to start braiding.  Braid three pieces of fabric together, just like you would braid anything else.  I used a pin to hold my ends together on a basket to make it easier to braid.

braiding a rug

braided rug

When one of my small strips ran out while braiding, I simply hot glued another strip (of a different fabric pattern) to it and kept braiding.  Once you have a long strand of braided fabric, you can start to curl it to form the rug.  I know most tutorials say to hand stitch the braids together.  I didn’t want to spend that amount of time on this project.  I pulled out my hot glue gun, and it did an amazing job of bonding the braids together.  I simply added some glue and then stuck my braid to it as it curled around.

hot glueing a rug

hot glueing a rug together

Once I ran out of braid, I went back and braided some more strips till I had a long braid once again.  Next, I simply took both ends and hot glued the different strands together.

attaching fabric to braid longer

attaching fabric to braid

attaching more braid strands

I feel like there is so much cushion for error and imperfections with this project.  The ends are barely noticeable by being hot glued straight together like that as you can see in the picture below.

attaching more braids

Although it is slightly noticeable in the picture because of my arrow pointing to it, standing on my rug now, I don’t see any of them.  There was nothing hard or precise about this project.  It was literally just braiding and gluing as I have shown.  The part of this project that made me say I would NEVER do it again is how much time it took.  Granted it didn’t require any thinking, so I did it in front of the TV, but now I have a new understanding of why rugs cost so much.

I kept going with the braiding and gluing steps until my rug grew and grew.

rug growing 1

braided rug tutorial

Finally, I ran out of strips of fabric.  The rug didn’t end up being as big as I would have liked, and it might have a slight ripple speed bump in it.  Overall, I really like it!

I wanted to try to help smooth it out and reinforce my hot glue by adding a back fabric to the rug.  I used another big sheet to cut out a circle of my rug that I then sprayed glued onto the rug.  I still want to go back and use a stronger cement type glue to seal the edge of the under layer fabric to the rug more securely.

back of a rug

added rug support

We have been walking on it for over two weeks now, and it is holding up great!  My dogs love to curl up on it and I think it looks so good in the little sitting area in our kitchen.

sitting area

I think the circle shape helps close the spot in better than the long rectangle shape rug did.  What do you think?  Do you have a circle rug or obsession with circles?  After making my circle mirrors and working on this circle rug, I am obsessing over circles.

the difference in a rug

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

**Congratulations to Candice H. for winning my Easter Basket worth of handmade goodies!  I will be in touch!

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