Rag Rugging for Beginners: Make Textile Home Decorations
Building the Design: Shaggy Technique 1
A course by Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life) , Textile Artist and Rug Maker
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: Building the Design: Shaggy Technique 1
Overview
“The easiest and quickest method of rag rugging is the traditional shaggy technique, sometimes called 'proggy', 'proddy', etc. In this lesson, you will learn how to perform this technique using the rag rug spring tool, whilst making pretty flowers for the border of the mat.”
In this video lesson Elspeth Jackson (Ragged Life) addresses the topic: Building the Design: Shaggy Technique 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
“ Building the Design: Shaggy Technique In this lesson, we'll finally let loose on the Hessian and learn the shaggy technique of rag rugging while making flowers for the border of our rug. We have our beautifully sketched out Hessian in front of us here and I have a few tools that we learned about earlier in the course around me. You can see I've prepared a few petals for my first flower. Firstly, I'll reposition the Hessian. I'll be working on my first flower in this corner here. You can see that I have my circles already sketched out. I'll teach you how to do the shaggy technique and we'l...”
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Course summary for: Rag Rugging for Beginners: Make Textile Home Decorations
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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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