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TURN YOUR RAGS TO RICHES WITH BRAIDED RUGS!
If you're looking for a simple, inexpensive, family-oriented craft, braiding rugs is the answer! Braided rugs are much like family quilts - each strip of cloth comes from a cast-off garment and tells a story all its own. Piecing the rug together is an act of weaving family memories and events into an heirloom of handiwork and practicality. This time-honored craft is an ideal hobby for all ages and makes a wonderful family project that can be completed in a day or as time allows.
Author Nancy Bubel grew up admiring the braided rugs created with loving care by her grandmother. Her grandmother taught her the braiding technique, and she in turn offers these step-by-step instructions to readers far and wide. In addition, readers will find tips and advice on choosing fabrics, dyeing cloth, selecting a color scheme, and braiding in a variety of designs and shapes.
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
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Braided rugs are like family quilts each strip of cloth comes from a cast-off garment and tells a story all its own. Piecing the rug together is an act of weaving family memories into a useful heirloom you'll treasure forever. Nancy Bubel covers every step of the simple process, from planning the perfect size, shape, and color scheme tocutting your cloth strips, braiding them together, and finishing off yourrug.
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Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Bulletins provide a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.
Synopsis
Braided rugs are much like family quilts – each strip of cloth comes from a cast-off garment and tells a story all its own. Piecing the rug together is an act of weaving family memories and events into an heirloom of handiwork and practicality. This time-honored craft is an ideal hobby for all ages and makes a wonderful family project that can be completed in a day or as time allows.
Synopsis
Braided rugs are like family quilts - each strip of cloth comes from a cast-off garment and tells a story all its own.
Synopsis
Braided rugs are like family quilts - each strip of cloth comes from a cast-off garment and tells a story all its own.
About the Author
Co-author Nancy Bubel has been a gardening columnist for Country Journal magazine since 1975 and has written for Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening, Horticulture, Family Circle, Woman's Day and New Shelter magazines. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Society for Economic Botany, and a life member of both the Seed Savers Exchange and the Friends of the Trees Society. She and her husband Mike have been gardening and root cellaring in Philadelphia, in small towns, and on their one acre non-working farm in Wellsville, Pennsylvania.
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