I really thought I had an original idea. I had been upholstering a chair and I thought "this webbing would be really cool woven into something." I thought a rug would be cool, so I took what I had left and started playing... I was pretty impressed with myself when it was done too... Searching the web to see if there were other colors I could buy, I came across Martha's project. Well, and of course, not only did she do it first, but of course better..:) So here is my version of "Martha's" rug project...
Cut your strips the size desired depending on the shape of the rug. Once they are cut, start weaving your strips. Put a dot of hot glue on the corner strips to keep them in place while your weaving.
Once you have your strips started. Hot glue them down onto one another and continue until all the strips are done, making sure they are tight against each other before gluing. Once the glue is on, they are really hard to get apart.
Hot glue the ends under and use one long strip on each side to finish the edges or you can do like Martha and use fabric which is really cute too.
That is very creative and pretty, too...it doesn't matter who comes up with something, we all bring our own twists and turns into what we do as well...and you know your friends are going to be like, "You MADE that???" You'll impress the heck out of them with that pretty rug, I just know it :)
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Hi Jen :)
ReplyDeleteYou can look at it like this... Great minds think alike ;)
You did a great job!
rue
I love the rug, it is so cute. Who cares about Martha? So the part that stopped me is your phrase "...so I had been reupholstering a chair..." as if it was so easy! Can you give us more details on that? I have two chairs that I would love to re-do, but not for $500 apiece! Is it really possible to reupholster on your own? Please share your wisdom!
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very cleaver...it looks great! Don't you feel good knowing you were "channeling" Martha!
ReplyDeleteVERY cute! I'm not sure Martha did it BETTER... I think your version is great!
ReplyDeleteI like that rug! I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteHi Jen,
ReplyDeleteMartha may have done it first, but you put it out in blogville first! Get ready for a wave of copies! I know you don't mind!
diane
That's so clever! I think Martha stole that from you, Jen. We'll all start a rumor to that effect, anyway. ;-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the three-day weekend!! -Julia
You'll always be the original! In my eyes at least...I love that webbing...I'm going to do that project...Thanks! Hi! I'm Meme from Screaming Meme...I'm a contributor too! I look froward to working with you! I want to personally invite you to Screaming Meme's Faux School...I'm teaching a continual class in different faux techniques....I can see you are quite the painter...but maybe there is something that you could take from it...Come check it out!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a neat idea! I'm hoping I still have some of this in the utility closet that I bought to reweb the chairs that have long since been sent with the garbage truck!
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