Penny Rug Blanket Stitch

There is a video here that will take you through the steps to make this stitch.

Penny rug blanket stitch.

It is a great stitch for a lot of other things besides penny rugs. Down the garden path craft kit wool felt applique pattern to blanket stitch penny rug circles by hand for a candle mat table runner. The makings of a penny rug. Down the garden path table runner stitches traditional penny rug circles together with a modern look.

Scraps of wool fabric and felt are cut and sewn together with bold blanket stitches into decorative designs. A penny rug is a decoration made of stitched together coin shaped fabric scraps. See more ideas about blanket stitch penny rugs wool applique. Designs were stitched with simple blanket stitch and other embroidery stitches and finished with a tongue.

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. This is so much easier to make than what i thought. As with other folk art everyday life design motifs are popular on original rugs. I would machine stitch a lining to the back and then go around the edges by machine or by hand with rug binding.

Penny rug tutorial part 1 2 3. Com lulu is at littleluluscrap. Although any style of embroidery stitch could be used the one most commonly used to applique the individual pieces of fabric in the penny rug was the blanket stitch. Penny purse the tutorial.

For centuries women have hoarded scraps of wool and fabric to cut into shapes and sew by hand to charming penny rugs. This is another technique and more time consuming. Oct 21 2019 explore cj rts s board blanket stitch on pinterest. It looks like this.

Bright colors of thread that were different from the piece of fabric being stitched helped the pattern to stand out even more and also added another creative layer to the piece. 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. Rearrange the circles to create a different shape or even coasters. Make your own thimble.

Where do your talents lie. The craft kit includes the wool felt. Sewing penny rugs is a time honored craft. Here are some more candle mats from our swap over at yourpaperpantry ning.