Braided Jeans Rug: Setting up for Coiling

Video Transcript

"Now, we will begin to coil our rug. I got a pretty good length here and I want to begin to coil my rug. You can choose to make lengths and lengths and lengths as long as you want with the braid or you can stop at any time. And what you should do is take a safety pin and just pin the three strips together. And that will hold it while you coil the part that is already braided. And then later when you want to add on more lenghts, then you just unpin it and continue the way you were going. Okay, now I am going to show you how to coil and begin to assemble our braided rug. Now you have, you need to make a decision. If you want a round rug, then you are just going to just begin coiling around its self right away. And you will end up with a round braided rug and we'll sew these coils as we go. But if you want an oblong braided rug, you want to start by getting a long length like this. And sewing, fold it in half and sew two strips together for the beginning. Now every time you go around, every time you coil around, you're going to add an inch to each end and the sides. So this first length that you choose will will determine how much longer your rug is going to be than wide."