Rag Rugging for Beginners: Make Textile Home Decorations
Preparing Your Material 1
A course by Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life) , Textile Artist and Rug Maker
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: Preparing Your Material 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you all my tips and tricks on how to cut up clothing and fabric offcuts quickly and painlessly. You will learn what parts of a garment can and can’t be used, as well as how to prepare the fabric properly for each of the techniques one by one.”
In this video lesson Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life) addresses the topic: Preparing Your Material 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Rag Rugging for Beginners: Make Textile Home Decorations. Transform old clothing and textile cut-offs into colorful home accessories using creative rag rugging techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Preparing Your Material In this lesson, I'll show you how you prepare your rags, so your old clothing and textile offcuts, into strips to do all three techniques of British rag rugging. Most of the time in rag rugging what you've got is stuff from your wardrobe, so old clothing. I'll start by showing you how you'd go from a piece of clothing like this T-shirt here to strips to do rag rugging. Unfortunately, this T-shirt has reached the end of its life because it's got a hole in front of it in an inconvenient spot. It's had its heyday. I'll rag rug with it as it's the perfect colour scheme...”
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Course summary for: Rag Rugging for Beginners: Make Textile Home Decorations
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Fiber Arts, Textile Design
Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life)
A course by Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life)
Elspeth Jackson is a textile artist and rug maker based in Brighton, England. She’s also the founder of sustainable craft business Ragged Life. Elspeth grew up in a creative household and was first introduced to the technique of rag rugging by her mother. As a teenager, she began making rugs of her own using recycled materials, and later went on to run workshops on the art form. In 2014, after the success of her workshops, she started her brand Ragged Life.
Since then, Elspeth has taught thousands of crafters how to upcycle their textile waste through rag rugging and sells everything from pre-printed hessian to rug ragging tools. She also works with local mills to prevent their textile offcuts from going to landfills as part of her commitment to sustainability. Elspeth has published two books in which she shares her expertise on the craft, Rag Rugs, Pillows & more and Rag Rug Techniques for Beginners, and has appeared on TV both in the UK and globally. In 2019, she also won the Mollie Makes Best Established Business Award.
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