Create beautiful placemats, baskets or coasters with rope and fabric scraps! This fun project helps you transform some of those accumulating fabric scraps into usable and beautiful items for your home. A great way to recycle and add a bit of color to your decor!
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Allowing glue to dry 1 hourhour
Total Time 3 hourshours
Servings 2placemats
Author Suzy Myers
Cost $20
Equipment
1 Needle and Thread Optional (Only needed if you choose the hand sewing method)
1 Wax paper
2 rubber bands
Ingredients
50feet3/16" cotton rope
5eaVarious fabricsBatik is good for no fraying. As many colors as you like
1eaPermanent Fabric Glue
Instructions
Cut fabric into 1" strips
Add a line of fabric glue to rope and begin wrapping the fabric around the rope.
Continue wrapping and adding touches of glue until you have about 15 feet of fabric rope to work with.
For glue method, fold about 4" of rope for the center, add glue and clamp with rubber bands to hold. Place project on wax paper and then begin coiling around using glue to hold coils in place. Allow to dry. Clip out rubber bands.
For the hand sew method, fold about 4" of rope for the center and clamp with rubber bands to hold. Use needle and thread to hand sew the coils in place. Clip out rubber bands.