How to Make a Rag Christmas Garland

How to Make a Rag Christmas Garland: Festive Fun for Your Home! There’s nothing quite like handmade decorations to bring extra warmth and joy to the Christmas season. Today, we’re sharing a fun and creative project that’s perfect for adding a personal touch to your holiday décor— a rag rug Christmas garland! Not only is …

5 Ragged Life Gifts for the Craft Lover in your Life

I don’t know about you but this year, more than any other, I really want to find the perfect presents for my loved ones. There’s nothing like time apart to make you appreciate who you have in your life. This year, I’m trying to avoid big stores and “shop small”, and if you’re trying to …

Rag Rug Stocking – Free Ragged Life Pattern

In the spirit of Christmas, today I’m sharing a free rag rug project pattern to keep you occupied through the cold days of December. I wracked my brain for what would be a small, fun project to make in the lead up to Christmas and couldn’t think of anything more festive than a rag rug …

Rag Rug Wreaths

Rag Rug Wreaths – a great beginner project… Rag rug wreaths are an absolutely brilliant first project for rag rug beginners. They’re easy to make, quick to complete and don’t use all that much fabric (especially when compared to a full on rug). In particular, rag rug wreaths are great for practising the traditional shaggy …

The Handmade Christmas Fair 2015

Wow, so there is now officially less than one week left before the Ragged Life team make our merry up to Manchester for the Kirstie Allsopp Handmade Christmas Fair… eek… so much to do!!! If you find yourself in the Manchester area over the weekend (20th-22nd November, 2015) then we’d love for you to pop …

How to Make a Rag Rug Wreath

Rag rug wreaths are one of the easiest and arguably most satisfying rag rug projects to make. They only take a few hours to complete and the colour options and designs are never ending. Don’t believe me? Check out some of our former students’ rag rug wreaths here and one of our traditional Rag Rug …

Buy a Rag Rug Christmas Wreath today!

Over the past couple of months we’ve been getting into the festive spirit and crafting an army of gorgeous rag rug Christmas wreaths. Until now you’ll have only have been able to buy these lovely pieces if you stumbled across us at a craft fair but finally (yes, finally!) we’ve got round to spreading the …