Rag Rug Making Workshop

This ancient craft enables us to use worn out clothes, bedsheets, tablecloths etc. Instead old and used textiles ending up in landfill they are getting a new life. 

You will learn:  how to prepare strips,  how to connect strips, how to make patterns, starting and braiding the rag rug and finishing of the rug. 

What to bring: Material in colours you would like to work with, from old clothing, bedclothes, tablecloths etc, a pair of scissors, a crochet hook, aclip board or a bulldog clip and a sturdy magazine.

There will be a short lunch break - please bring your own water bottle and lunch. Tea and coffee provided

About your tutor Petra Hilsen:  I was always interested in textiles. First watching my grandmother who was a talented seamstress making our clothes and my mother knitting socks and vests for us. Later I dabbled myself making clothes for my dolls and enrolled in a dress making course. During Uni I took up spinning, weaving and dying of wool. Wool became my favourite medium. I am now working as a feltmaker and workshop facilitator. 

Email Petra - petrahilsen@gmail.com