Rag Rugs
Rag rugs have originated from the end of 18th century. In those times life was tuff and people had to make use of all the things in their homes. So they stpired their old close and blanket into stripes of wich rag rugs were made.
You possibly want to reuse some of your old clothes too. That is a good time to start with you rag rugs.
Rag rugs can also become an interesting hobby. You just need to buy some fabric material and cut it into stripes to get all you need for making your own piece of rag rugs.
You can make your rag rugs out of great number of fabric materials(wool, cotton, silk or any other).
But remember not to use different types of materials in one rug. Different fabrics have different shrinkage. That can cause a damage of your rag rug later. Choose your material accordingly. If you want a softer rag rugs then use cotton, and for harder and stronger(and also more durable) rag rugs use wool.
For your rag rugs you have enormous amount of colors. But if you happen not to find the tone that suit your decoration ideas you can easily dye some wite fabric(cotton is the mosrt easy fabric to dye at home). With all above said it is possisible to make rag rug of any color themes and with any design on them.
Maintenance of your rag rugs depend on the material you used making it. But anyway it is not that complex to take care of your rag rug. In most cases you can even wash them in a washing machine.