Lee's Rag Rugs

I love making these rugs! I use primarily recycled fabrics, including old clothes salvaged from rummage sales, and turn these discards into bold and useful accents for your home. I make rugs either in cotton, 30" wide in various lengths, or in wool with a 34" width. The cotton rugs are machine-washable (with care!), so they're great to use in a bathroom, your kitchen, or a busy hallway. The wool rugs are cushy and warm, comfortable for a bedroom or living space. All the rugs are made tough, with cotton/polyester warp yarns and heavy polyester stitching to secure the hems.

New wool rugs, July, 2012

Bristol summer

33" X 38"
recycled wool blend fabric
poly/cotton warp
These fabrics came from a church sale in Bristol, and the colors reminded me of the rich blue greens of the New England summertime

Plowed Ground

34" X 54"
recycled wool blend fabrics
poly/cotton warp
I love the deep brown of the damp, freshly turned fields

Flowering Quince

34" X 44"
recycled wool blend fabrics
poly/cotton warp
the quince bush has a lovely coral red blossom early in springtime

Iris and Lily

33" X54"
wool blend recycled fabrics
poly/cotton warp
spring again, and the purple iris and golden lilies just set each other off

Wendy's Coats

34" X 48"
recycled wool blend fabrics
poly/cotton warp
Wendy kindly brought me a couple boxes of her used woolens, and here is the rug I made from them

Green Mountain Forest

34" X 56"
wool blend recycled fabrics
poly/cotton warp
This rug evokes the sun-lit canopy of the woods in Vermont

Amish Bars

23" X 33"
wool blend recycled fabrics
poly/cotton warp
a small mat made from leftovers, reminiscent of a favorite Amish quilt pattern

More Wool Rugs! March, 2012:

November lake

34" X 35"
recycled wool and wool blend fabrics
poly/cotton warp
inspired by a late season visit to the shore with my dogs-

Florence's Scraps

34" X 59"
recycled wool and wool blend fabrics
poly/cotton warp
my weaving friend Florence gave me leftover fabric from her sewing projects; this rug captured her memories in a quilt-like way