One of the many projects I have begun to pass the long afternoons when I'm not teaching privates is a rug that is supposed to lay out in the sitting area. I picked up the materials for this rug out in the fabric market by Dongdaemun. It started out very simple. I love the look of jute rugs like this one found at Ikea.
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| Tarnby, Ikea |
It is just too expensive! So I found some woven hemp fabric, much like what I imagine sackcloth to be like, and bought enough to cover my small floor. The stand also sold some thick twill strips that you would normally find as handles for tote bags and bought enough to trim the fabric. Attaching the two turned out to be very simple with the help of a handy dandy hot glue gun. I simply laid out the fabric, right side up, put some newspaper under the area I was working on, and hot glued the border onto the fabric. The corners were a bit tricky, but if you leave a few extra inches on one of the strips that meets in the corner, you can fold it over neatly and it looks quite nice.
On the underside, you can still see where some of the newspaper got stuck; but I don't think anyone is really going to flip a corner to scrutinize.
Unfortunately, the hemp is pretty slippery against my floor. While tackling that problem, I decided that the very simple rug might be too simple. Picking up some embroidery floss I had laying around, I took a needle to it and came up with this:
This warranted another trip to Dongaemun - which is fast becoming my favorite wonderland - and I'll be working away at this for quite some time. This is one of the projects that I most enjoy, though, and I can't wait to see it finished!
2 comments:
this is so cool! you should get a rug pad to go under it.
I just found some nonslip mats at Emart! They are pretty small, but i got a few and I hope it works out!
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