Penny Rug Blanket Stitch

Down the garden path table runner stitches traditional penny rug circles together with a modern look.

Penny rug blanket stitch.

Blanket stitch joining thread. Scraps of wool fabric and felt are cut and sewn together with bold blanket stitches into decorative designs. For centuries women have hoarded scraps of wool and fabric to cut into shapes and sew by hand to charming penny rugs. Penny purse the tutorial.

See more ideas about blanket stitch penny rugs wool applique. There is a video here that will take you through the steps to make this stitch. Designs were stitched with simple blanket stitch and other embroidery stitches and finished with a tongue. Sewing penny rugs is a time honored craft.

Down the garden path craft kit wool felt applique pattern to blanket stitch penny rug circles by hand for a candle mat table runner. This is so much easier to make than what i thought. Penny rug tutorial part 1 2 3. The craft kit includes the wool felt.

I would machine stitch a lining to the back and then go around the edges by machine or by hand with rug binding. Where do your talents lie. As with other folk art everyday life design motifs are popular on original rugs. A penny rug is a decoration made of stitched together coin shaped fabric scraps.

It looks like this. Oct 21 2019 explore cj rts s board blanket stitch on pinterest. Make your own thimble. In the 1800s starting around the time of the civil war thrifty homemakers would use scraps of wool or felted wool from old clothing blankets and hats to create designs for mats or rugs using coins as templates they created circles and each piece was then stitched in blanket stitch fashion.

It is a great stitch for a lot of other things besides penny rugs. Com lulu is at littleluluscrap. This is another technique and more time consuming. Here are some more candle mats from our swap over at yourpaperpantry ning.

The main stitch you need to know to stitch a penny rug is called a blanket stitch. Rearrange the circles to create a different shape or even coasters. Folk lore attributes w ool applique penny rugs to table rugs created with woolen fabrics using coins or pennies as the pattern template often seen on vintage pieces dating from the civil war era. The makings of a penny rug.