Penny Rug Blanket Stitch

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Penny rug blanket stitch.

Scraps of wool fabric and felt are cut and sewn together with bold blanket stitches into decorative designs. Do you want this to be the ultimate rug or are you new to penny rugs and want to keep it simple choose this method. There is a video here that will take you through the steps to make this stitch. As with other folk art everyday life design motifs are popular on original rugs.

See more ideas about blanket stitch penny rugs wool applique. Oct 21 2019 explore cj rts s board blanket stitch on pinterest. It looks like this. Where do your talents lie.

Rearrange the circles to create a different shape or even coasters. Down the garden path table runner stitches traditional penny rug circles together with a modern look. Although any style of embroidery stitch could be used the one most commonly used to applique the individual pieces of fabric in the penny rug was the blanket stitch. Make your own thimble.

The makings of a penny rug. Here are some more candle mats from our swap over at yourpaperpantry ning. Designs were stitched with simple blanket stitch and other embroidery stitches and finished with a tongue. Penny rug tutorial part 1 2 3.

A penny rug is a decoration made of stitched together coin shaped fabric scraps. It is a great stitch for a lot of other things besides penny rugs. Blanket stitch joining thread. The craft kit includes the wool felt.

Down the garden path craft kit wool felt applique pattern to blanket stitch penny rug circles by hand for a candle mat table runner. This is another technique and more time consuming. Sewing penny rugs is a time honored craft. In the 1800s starting around the time of the civil war thrifty homemakers would use scraps of wool or felted wool from old clothing blankets and hats to create designs for mats or rugs using coins as templates they created circles and each piece was then stitched in blanket stitch fashion.

This is so much easier to make than what i thought. I would machine stitch a lining to the back and then go around the edges by machine or by hand with rug binding. Bright colors of thread that were different from the piece of fabric being stitched helped the pattern to stand out even more and also added another creative layer to the piece. The main stitch you need to know to stitch a penny rug is called a blanket stitch.