How To Make A Custom Rug Out Of Fabric

On the occasion that you do find the perfect rug but it falls outside your budget consider recreating the coveted design with a little fabric paint just as katie from mountain modern life had.

How to make a custom rug out of fabric.

Spray the rug backing s smooth side with adhesive spray and place it onto the fabric. Make sure you get the whole surface covered. This will keep it from slipping both while you paint and when you walk on it afterwards. White glue like elmers would work.

Place the fabric over it and smooth it out. Next break out your fabric paint painter s tape and a foam brush. I wanted a simple striped border in burgundy to match the rest of my bedroom decor. If needed add extra spray adhesive along the edges of the fabric and the rubber mat.

Cut off any excess around all four sides so that all three layers are the exact same size image 2. What you need to do is apply the glue to the vinyl and use a paint brush to smooth it out. On my strip of drop cloth i used glue to fold about half a inch of it over to make a neat line i do this on both sides with glue and then add more glue to the strip and place the rug on top of half of the strip and and add more glue and fold the other half of the strip on top of the rug. Now place the fabric on a smooth clean surface design side down.

When you cut the rug base to the size you have determined that you want use a straight edge and mark a line on the outside border of the vinyl to make sure that you cut in a straight line. If you added two inches of fabric fold the fabric on top of itself first to create a hem and then fold over the mat. Starting with the long sides fold the fabric edges up over the mat. Use painter s tape to create stripe pattern.

Spray glue is sold like spray paint in a can no equipment needed but it does cost about 8 a can.