Rag Rug Creations
Rag Rug Creations

Author: Lynne Stein

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Published: 2014-05-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781408157565

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Rag rugs have been around for centuries, but never has there been such a wealth of creative possibilities available using traditional rug techniques. Rugs are only the beginning! In Rag Rug Creations, you will discover a huge range of applications for this basic technique, such as wall hangings, bags, cushions and accessories, to name a few. This book reveals all the techniques and possibilities open to you using only a minimum of specialist tools, and a wide range of materials, including recycled and found objects, which makes this craft affordable as well as enjoyable. Every part of the process is covered in Rag Rug Creations, from planning and designing to hooking and prodding; plus instructions on additional decorative techniques such as felting, heat-bonding and fleece-carving. Armed with this book and a rug hook, you'll be producing rag rug creations in no time.

Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs
Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs

Author: Heather L. Allen

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2001-07

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781579902667

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A combination how-to book for weaving rugs with fabric remnants, and a gallery of gorgeous contemporary rugs by some of today’s best designers. This book brings rag rugs out of old country cabins and places them beside the best of contemporary crafts and d�cor. A delight for weavers and nonweavers alike.

Making Rag Rugs
Making Rag Rugs

Author: Clare Hubbard

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781580174558

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Creating a beautiful throw rug from scraps is easy enough for anyone to master. Making Rag Rugs, a collection of 15 original designs from a variety of talented rug crafters, suits the skills of any crafter, from the rawest beginner to the most sophisticated talent. This book shows how to utilize such simple recycled ingredients as leftover fabric, old clothes, and household textiles to create these beloved and time-honored rugs. The techniques are easy to learn, the cost is minimal, and very little special equipment is needed. Each project is accompanied by a detailed "what you will need" list, step-by-step instructions with color illustrations and full-color photographs of the whole rug, and close-up detail that brings the projects to life and makes them easy to achieve. Specification boxes detail the size of the rug and the technique used. The designs in this book are contemporary and fun. The Retro Flower Rug is inspired by the classic flower shapes used by Andy Warhol and Mary Quant in the 1960s. Lavender Field is made from soft woolen blankets dyed in shades of green and mauve to represent lavender flowers, foliage, and surrounding fields. Lavender buds are even sewn into the lining to gently scent the room. A wonderfully rustic Braided Woolly Rug is made from cream and white blankets and black and gray coat and skirt fabrics. All of the basics are covered - from preparing the rags to finishing, cleaning, and caring for the completed rugs. Once crafters have mastered the techniques of hooking, prodding, braiding, and weaving, the next step is to design their own rugs.

Weaving Rag Rugs
Weaving Rag Rugs

Author: Tom Knisely

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0811712125

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Every weaver weaves a rag rug—or two, or three. In this long-awaited book, well-known weaver and teacher Tom Knisely shares his knowledge and expertise in this collection of favorite rag rug patterns. • The first comprehensive book on weaving rag rugs in a generation • Color planning and design advice for rag rugs • Step-by-step instructions on warping and weaving for your rag rug • More than 30 rag rug projects, from simple to advanced

Favorite Rag Rugs
Favorite Rag Rugs

Author: Tina Ignell

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781570763700

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With its beautiful and clear illustrations, this guide to rug weaving is an inspiring journey into a world of dazzling color and eye-catching design. From classic stripes to pattern-woven designs, detailed directions are provided for 45 rugs that represent a wide range of weaving techniques. Beginning with stripe and check weaves in simple tabby, the rugs progress in difficulty to intriguing challenges such as chenille, drall, diamond twill, rag inlay, repp, and rosepath weaves. Creative approaches to materials show how to cut strips from favorite old shirts, sheets, and jeans, and the emphasis throughout is on creative flair, imaginative design, and the pleasure of making a one-of-a-kind rug imbued with memories.

Rag Rugs
Rag Rugs

Author: Suzanne McNeill

Publisher: Design Originals

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574219180

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Using a large crochet hook and strips of fabric, you can make dozens of beautiful and useful rugs for all over your home

Rag Rug Inspirations
Rag Rug Inspirations

Author: Juliet Bawden

Publisher: Burns & Oates

Published: 1998-08-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780304349098

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Rag Rug Inspirations explores the past, present and future of a craft that has been practised for centuries. It also, in step-by-step detail, explains the main rag rug making techniques together with the necessary materials and equipment.

Rag Rugs
Rag Rugs

Author: Juju Vail

Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781552093825

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The first section of the book outlines four rag rug techniques: hooking, prodding, braiding and applique and provides information on design, preparation and finishing. The second section is for those interested in taking up rugmaking. Each technique is explained and illustrated in detail, then followed by a choice of projects - rugs, cushions, hats and wall hangings.

Finnish American Rag Rugs
Finnish American Rag Rugs

Author: Yvonne R. Lockwood

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870138645

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This comprehensive "natural history" of a traditional art form honors more than a hundred contemporary Finnish American rag rug weavers and loom builders, whom the author has met and interviewed during more than two decades of research, mostly in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. As in the classic Finnish American rag rug, Lockwood weaves a colorful yet subdued, artfully lasting, and deeply symbolic tribute that reclaims remnants of past Michigan Traditional Arts Program productions in a fresh composition that will appeal to rag rug artisans, Finns and Finnish Americans, scholars, and a broad public alike. Janet C. Gilmore, Independent Folklorist & Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison --