Braided Rag Rug

I started this project a few weeks ago, and sadly it's been at a stand still lately. This is the beginning of a braided rag rug, made out of old sheets and t-shirts cut into strips. The idea is to make a really long braid, then coil it and sew the coils together into a rug! It's a pretty slow process overall. It takes a long time (and a lot of wrist power) to cut so much fabric into strips, and it takes longer than you would think to do the braiding, because you have to juggle the balls of fabric to keep them from tangling. The easiest way for me to collect the growing braid and maintain tension while braiding was to wrap the braid around the post of my canopy bed, thus the picture you see here.