TAKING APART A CHINDI RUG

[@MossCottageMarket]

Great. now I have to go to Five Below! LOL. It is so exciting just to see what the next fabric looks like. Thanks so much for doing this. 🩷🩷🩷

[@abitofbirdsong]

Hi Helen! LOL yep. I need to make sure I somehow use all this fabric!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@birdietherecycledhippychic642]

That was fun. Yours was completely different than mine. I had no floral or sequins. Mostly plain colors in mine. I loved using the sewn together pieces in grungy journals as ruffles on the page edges.

[@abitofbirdsong]

Hey Amy! I bet the rugs can really be varied. xx

[@tenshizara5557]

Wow amazing I didn’t even know those pieces of fabric were so big I thought they were like cords attached together if I come around of one of these rugs I know what to do such beautiful fabric thanks for sharing 💕

[@abitofbirdsong]

Same here. I didn't realize there was so much fabric bunched up in each row. The look is deceiving. xx

[@scrappindurb5369]

Hi Lynn! I'm the one who suggested taking one of these apart. Thank you so much for posting this video! I knew you would love it. Along with scissors, I used a rectangular letter opener too. That might help speed up the process for you. There are KZbin videos on how these are made. I cannot wait to see what you make! Much love! ❤

[@abitofbirdsong]

Yes!! Thank you so much!! So fun. And there are other comments that support Five Below having good rugs for this. ❤️❤️❤️

[@lindanonnenmann1112]

Hi Lynn, I'm just drooling over the fabric you found in the rug. I am taking apart one that is mostly light pink but none of the fabrics are printed like yours. I can see you using that fringy yarn in a journal page or outside dangles. Maybe the thread could be harvested too, wound on a spool and used to stitch your journal pages into the book. I hear your excitement as ideas surface. What a treasure!!!❤ if you ever want to sell any in a scrap bag let me know, please.😊❤😊

[@abitofbirdsong]

Hi Linda! Thank you so much for watching and for checking in! I really appreciate it. I love those ideas! I need to finish taking the rug apart. I may put some in some upcoming pen pal mail. xx

[@potatochipaddict9067]

Im so glad you posted this Lynn. It’s a really neat idea. I had never heard or seen anyone else do it before. It’s also a great way to build up your fabric scrap collection without spend too much. I’ll have to keep my eye out for one next time I go shopping.

[@abitofbirdsong]

I really enjoyed using the rug like that. I hear there is a difference in rugs. Mine came from Five Below. You may be able to tell just by looking at them, but you want one with the silkier fabrics vs t-shirt fabric. ❤️❤️❤️

[@chrystalchapin6152]

I heard they use some sari silks in those rugs,too

[@SaraHarley.studio]

wow, that was fascinating! I had no idea, and now of course I have to try this for myself

[@abitofbirdsong]

LOL - that’s what happened to me. ❤️❤️❤️

[@louloufabrique]

Red Parot did a post about those rags about a year ago and she gave lots of informations about them. Nice rag. Merci.😊

[@abitofbirdsong]

Oh wow! I’ll have to check it out! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheMjj164TibBitsFromTheAttic]

I have a ton of fabric from the one I took apart months ago. I’ve been making tassels and I used some for journal toppers when I did the DT project in December. I had gotten two rugs but I have so much fabric still from the first one that I haven’t undone the second one lol , I had a blast taking it apart. Can’t wait to see what you come up with using this. 😊

[@abitofbirdsong]

Mary, that sounds awesome! I need to finish up with this one. I'm looking forward to using it! xx

[@donnaseeton1473]

What an enabler you are!!! I love it!! Had to rush to get one of those rugs. Looks like so much fun and a surprise each time you pull out a fabric. Thanks!❤️

[@abitofbirdsong]

LOL I hope you end up with good fabrics!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@donnaseeton1473]

@@abitofbirdsong there were no fancy fabrics in my rug, but the colors are vibrant jewel tones. I’m thinking of a slow stitched journal cover. Thanks for your inspiration.❤️❤️

[@lindaspaperworks]

Lynn, it was fascinating to watch you unravel this rug, seeing the fabrics as they were revealed. You probably have figured this out by now, but those rugs are woven on a loom. The strings are the warp, and the fabrics are woven through it. A piece on the loom called a heddle raises and lowers the half of the threads alternately. That allows every other thread to go over the fabric on one throw of the shuttle, and under the fabric on the next one. Half are going up and half down, then they switch when the position of the heddle is changed. The warp threads hold the fabric in place so there's no need to sew the strips together. The weaver just overlaps them a bit when adding a new fabric. (I hope that made sense and wasn't too much information. I'm sure there are videos showing this process.) I think it would be so fun to take a rug like yours apart and find the beautiful fabrics like you found. I didn't know this was a thing, but now I want to try it. ;-) Like I need more fabric...but I don't have fabric like that!! Can't wait to see what your project is using the fabrics. Thanks for sharing this fun. (Sorry for the long comment.)

[@abitofbirdsong]

Wow!! Thank you so much for putting that into words!! I really appreciate that you took the time to do that!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lindaspaperworks]

@@abitofbirdsong You’re welcome, Lynn. I do some weaving on a rigid heddle loom (but not in a long time). It was really interesting to me to see the deconstructed of your rug. Still think I need to get one. 😏 Have a great day.

[@reneefulks6607]

How, cool! I had no idea! I've got to get to five below! Lol

[@abitofbirdsong]

I’m really enjoying taking it apart. ❤️❤️❤️

[@bettylongshore9594]

I have heard of people cutting those rugs apart and finding such treasures like you are finding. A friend of mine cut one up from Wal-Mart...polyester junk. Yours is wonderful!!!! I can hardly wait to see what you and your friend find!!!!! I'm curous about your new project!!!

[@abitofbirdsong]

Betty, I bet they can really vary. Several people here have said to get them from Five Below. I have some I bought at Roses a while back and they seem to have a lot of gold in them, but I have not taken one of them apart yet. xx

[@kimberlycook5860]

Never thought of taking one of these rugs apart! Looks like you got a good one…made in India? Patterns on fabric remind me of that. Too bad the fabric strips are so narrow! Anxious to see what you make and what other fabrics you uncover. I’m tempted To go to $5 store now.

[@abitofbirdsong]

LOL -- Kim, I'm really having fun with this one. I need to finish taking it apart! xx

[@MissJay4258]

Hi Lynn, we had a fun weekend. Yes, thanks, I got a few pieces of that fabric. Making quilts is time consuming.

[@abitofbirdsong]

Hey Jay! I’m gonna miss hanging out with you; knowing you’re heading back home. I had such a great time!

[@MsLeefisher]

OMG! I bought this rug from 5 Below about a year ago, and it didn’t work where I put it. Currently it’s sitting turned inside out folded up in our hallway. Our cat lays on it from time to time. Guess I’d better look at it more closely :)

[@abitofbirdsong]

Hi Lee! I am still enjoying cutting this one up! xx

[@savanahevans9551]

So interesting would love to see all the fabrics when it’s all unraveled please 🙏

[@abitofbirdsong]

I will definitely share that! xx

[@zenchantress]

I've almost bought these a number of times but the fabric seemed to be polyester when I was hoping for sari silk. Can you tell what kind of fabric it is?

[@abitofbirdsong]

This fabric seems silky, but I am not sure I would qualify it as sari silk. This rug came from Five Below. I read here in the comments that rugs from other stores ended up with just polyester and things that were not that great. This is the first one I have ever tried. ❤️❤️❤️

[@morganlowe3353]

I knew they were t shirts. One rug I had, had Homer Simpson on it

[@abitofbirdsong]

Oh my! 😂

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

My landlady is Portugal was so mean and nasty to me that I ended you cutting up the Cindi rug that was on the floor! Washed and up all the pieces to dry and am just the fabric in my journals as well.

[@abitofbirdsong]

Oh my! ❤🙏

[@annanicholson6925]

That is quite a bargain. Tons of fabric scraps for $5.

[@abitofbirdsong]

Anna, yes!

[@rebeccazody1278]

Cut off the knots on the ends and then pull the fabric out from the ends.

[@abitofbirdsong]

Thank you! 😊