Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts

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Grab two old cotton t-shirts and a pair of scissors to make this nifty recycled cleaning rag. This is an excellent way to reuse old clothing. This is a page about making a handcrafted rag made from old shirts.

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Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts

By katrine2706 [427 Posts, 99 Comments]

December 1, 2017

I hate throwing away my stuff especially when I know that I could make other things from it, just like these two large sized cotton shirts. When I was very young, we made rags at school. They are made from strips of old shirts. We even tended to sell them during our school's Market Day Celebration. So, here's how to make one.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - finished cleaning rag made from t-shirts

Supplies:

2 pieces of old cotton clothes
scissors

Steps:

Cut a rectangular shape from one of the pieces of clothing. As you can see I was able to make two pieces.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - cut rectangles from shirts

Take one piece and fold into fourths, leaving an inch or an inch and a half as extra allowance.

Cut the folds into 2 centimeter wide strips. Leave the allowance uncut.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - cut folds leaving the allowance uncut

When you open up the folds it will look like this.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - folds opened up

Cut the other shirt into strips. About 2 cm wide and 2 inches long. Make as many as needed.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - cut other shirt into strips

Now, get the first cloth. Take two stripped cuts and tie them together using the cut out pieces from the second shirt.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - tie 2 long strips together using shorter pieces

As you can see there's a hole or a space in between.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - space between two strips

Insert another piece into the hole and take another untied strip and tie them together. (See photo for better understanding on this procedure.)

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - next strip for tying to piece

Do the alternate tying until it reaches the other end.

Handcrafted Rag Made From Old Shirts - continue tying until you reach the other end

This can also be used as table centerpiece liner. Just be creative and combine colors for a better presentation.

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