Braided Plastic Bag Rugs

No tools other than scissors no skill other than braiding.

Braided plastic bag rugs. Different stores may have different colored shopping bags. So i first started using them to make plastic fabric as seen in this instructable plastic bag fabric i then remembered that people used to make rugs by braiding strips of fabric and then spiraling the braid outward but i couldn t find an example of using plastic bags to make a rug. This is a guide about making a rug from plastic bags. Braided rugs can be formed in the shape of a heart square rectangle or oval.

So i decided to make my own. Edited by doug collins eng joanie jody. I organized it into a wiki. The bigger the rug you make the more shopping bags you will need so make sure you have a lot handy in each color that you want to use on your rug.

Apologies in advance for some blurry spots. Because you join your braids together to form a continuous braid the individual braids can be longer or shorter depending on. How to make a braided plastic bag rug. Making yarn out of braided plastic bread bags is the ultimate recycled craft.

Make a braided plastic bag rug. Cut the handles and down the side of shopping bags to flatten them out. How to make a braided rug from bread bags. See more ideas about rugs diy rug rag rug.

May 27 2019 explore donnaed44 s board plastic bag rugs on pinterest. If you know basic crochet stitches these colorful and easily cleaned rugs will work up quickly for the. Recycle pillowcases into strips for braided rugs. Make a braided plastic bag rug.

One of two parts. I would like to thank mom eberhard for the awesome video on how to diy braided plastic bag rug. For example the blue bags in my rug are from wal mart. There are a few different ways to make a plarn hooked or braided rug reusing hundreds of plastic bags.

Menu ask a question share a post account search. The look of the rug will be determined by the prints and solids used to form your braids. Not only can you turn empty bread bags into yarn you can use the plastic.