Add Border To Rug

For an unexpected texture or design use leather or suede and add a flourish with a nail head finish.

Add border to rug.

The rug also helps to create a dining zone in the larger porch area. Add lots of plants lanterns and bowls of seashells to create a coastal inspired outdoor space no matter where you live. For the fabric. We decided to start with an expensive rug from a hardware store and add a fabric border to make the rug look nicer and to tie it in to our overall color scheme.

Tapestries add an elegant edge. Custom rugs built around a favorite rug can be as simple or as dramatic as you have in mind. To determine the width of the fabric strip double the desired finished width of the border and add a 1 seam allowance. Custom border rugs add a simple elegance to any room.

We used 5 wide strips for a finished 2 wide border. For our rug we decided to start with an expensive rug from a hardware store and add a fabric border to make the rug look nicer and to tie it in to our overall color scheme. Cut four fabric border strips each about 1 longer than the sides of the rug. For a nautical touch use cotton rope to make a border on a basic rug.

Our rug had a relatively low pile so it was easy to sew with the ultrafeed ls 1 sewing machine.