You may have noticed by now that the majority of our handmade rag rugs are rather colourful and eclectic. You’re inspired by many sources throughout your life but when we came across this colourful abstract asymmetrical design worked in bold primary colours we worked our own very close version from one of our favourite designers – …
Beautiful & Bold Rugs
You may have noticed by now that we’re quite partial to a good rug, especially when they’re bright, beautiful and handmade. Although we love a good rag rug and our houses are full of them, it hasn’t stopped us hoarding other rugs over the years from Mexico, Turkey, France and other places. Below are some …
Our New Rustic Latch Hooks!
I must admit that the ladies at Ragged Life get excited by some of the strangest stuff… discount Liberty print offcuts, cow creamers, unusual shaped vegetables… the weirder, the better really! But nothing really compares to the excitement of seeing our new very own Ragged Life branded latch hooks. We’re working hard at the moment to …
Rag Rug of the Month: Flower Power
May’s “Rag Rug of the Month” is “Flower Power” – a true Spring to Summer inspired piece. As with all Ragged Life’s rugs, it’s made with 100% recycled materials (old t-shirts, ripped pillow cases, unloved blankets amongst other bits and bobs) and is entirely hand made. We love how the bright colours sweep away the cobwebs …
Crafting With a Cuppa
This Wednesday (28th May) we had the pleasure of heading over to Camden to do our first ever rag rug workshop at Tea & Crafting’s north London crafting haven (http://www.teaandcrafting.co.uk/). We had a lovely bunch of ladies join, all keen to learn the rag rug craft and have a good chuckle over a cup of tea …
Rag Rugging Equipment
I thought it was about time I did a little intro into the simple but essential equipment needed for rag rugging. There are really only four items you need: hessian, a hook, material & sharp scissors but I’ve covered gauges below as well as they will transform your life if you choose to do a …
Workshop at Tea & Crafting
On Wednesday, 28th May Ragged Life will be running a 2.5hr Rag Rugging Intensive Class at Tea & Crafting’s craft haven in North London – come join the fun! If you’re London-based and fancy learning everything you need to know to get started with your own ragged projects – how to use the equipment, selecting & …
Designer Spotlight – Kaffe Fassett
I thought I’d take this Bank Holiday downtime to shout about one of my favourite rag rug inspirations – Kaffe Fassett. Known for making vibrant colours and mixing patterns, American-Born Kaffe is a textiler extraordinaire. If you’re lacking a bit of inspiration or just love beautiful things then my favourite book is “Glorious Interiors”. See …
Amongst the Primroses
Over the Bank Holiday weekend I thought it would be a nice idea to see what small project I could rag-up in a couple of hours. With the weather so nice it would have been rude not to! This cute little framed art piece is made entirely in shaggy style with some of my favourite …
Wild Flower Teaser
Today’s post gives you a sneak preview of our most eccentric Wildflower Rug. In true ragging tradition, we’ve used all kinds of random colours and offcuts to make this piece of truly recycled art. Below you can see some of the corner detail.