Braided Jeans Rug: Finishing Rug & Securing End

Video Transcript

"Okay, now this rug is about, I think it's four or five pairs of jeans that have been stripped up. You can see how I used the different colors to give it a nice, a really nice look. Now as you are working and coming around, you want to make sure that you check to make sure the rug is lying flat. If you pull the, the edge braid too tight, you can end up with sort of a cone shape like this. So you don't want to be pulling that outside braid too tight. And throughout making the rug, you want to just test it. And lay it down and flatten it out. Now when you, when it's all finished and you're using it, it will also flatten out more with use. And to end it, you see I have my three strips. You can continue making your rug larger just by adding on more pieces as I said, and continuing around or we can end it here. To end it even if you've been using the hemp cord, you'll need to sew it to finish it off. Okay. So we have our needle and thread. And first I am going to remove my pin that was holding my three sections while I was working on the coiling. And I'm taking the needle up through the back of the three pieces. And you just need a few stitches in and out to secure that. It's very, very thick going through the three thicknesses, so I am going to need a little bit of help. And pull that tight. Knot it off. And then you are going to secure the, and we are going to trim off these pieces here. And we want to tuck the end of the braid in. And then just secure that with a needle and thread."