Weaving Rugs From Plastic Bags

I love that it s made from upcycled grocery bags and it would be perfect for sitting in front of the kitchen sink since it s completely waterproof.

Weaving rugs from plastic bags.

To get started tie 3 bags together. Choose bags of different colors to add variety and reflect your taste. How to recycle plastic shopping bags into useful sleeping mats or blankets for the homeless or refugees. While making the trip year after year i would see plastic bags caught in the trees along the road.

Members of the blue water rug hooking guild are weaving plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the area s homeless population. Mar 4 2020 explore delbertginger marshall s board weaving plastic bags followed by 110 people on pinterest. It s funny people always ask me how i came up with this idea to weave plastic she tells earth911. Dec 8 2019 explore paulette martinson s board plastic bag rugs on pinterest.

How to recycle plastic shopping bags into something useful. This plastic bag rug really brings back memories of those colorful rugs from the 1970s. Homeless or refugees camping mats. See more ideas about plastic bag recycled plastic bags plastic bag crafts.

Plastic bag rugs promoting responsible after use of plastic bags when my children were young i used to drive them from our home in posey county indiana to a camp in southern illinois. See more ideas about recycled plastic bags weaving plastic bag crafts. On wednesday the group met at lakeshore presbyterian church in. Weaving plastic bags into home decor pieces may sound like a newfangled approach but cadden is the first to admit that it wasn t her idea.

For example the blue bags in my rug are from wal mart. Weave a rug out of plastic bags for an inexpensive and creative custom look. To start weaving tie one end of the shopping bags to the top corner of the loom don t tie it to the cardboard tie it to the garbage bag or ribbon then weave the rest of the shopping bag over and under the garbage bags or ribbon strips. Bags and a big piece of cardboard to shape the rug are the only supplies you ll need.