I weave two kinds of rugs from unwanted t-shirts. One type uses the body and sleeves of the t-shirts. The other uses the collars, cuffs and waistbands. The goal is zero waste in t-shirt recycling. Check out this Halloween rug – orange and black stripes – from t-shirt collars, cuffs and waistbands. The loom is
I weave old socks and t-shirts into rugs – this helps me use up the t-shirt components that cannot be used in my fluffy rugs.
When I shared my new fluffy rug method made from recycled t-shirts, the social media posts went viral, so I have now made an online course so you can make your own!
You can make very cute woven rugs from recycled t-shirts without spending much on equipment.
T-shirts have a big environmental impact but luckily there are a ton of ways to creatively reuse t-shirts – so let’s get busy!
A suitcase can be a cat tree and a backpack can be a giant puppet – get creative ideas to make with unwanted or broken luggage.
Rugs I have hooked from recycled yarn, wool, t-shirts and other fibers as gifts to family and friends
I experiment with making small tapestries from recycled t-shirt yarn and other yarns.
I finally got my floor loom working and made three weavings from my first warp.
I hand-quilted a t-shirt from an Innovation Engineering conference with a design and message I loved.
This weaving project took two years and is like a puzzle of major epiphanies in my life.
I call this my Earthworms rug because I think the peach colored fabric looks like worms crawling across the rug.
This rug reflects the nine colors of scarves at the Family Nature Summits, and it’s my first non-wool or yarn rug.
A presentation at my rug hooking guild about Newfoundland gets me wondering how much of trashmagination is cultural?
