Braiding your own rugs lets you tailor them to your home. Learn essential braiding techniques to make basic oval, circular, and heart-shaped rugs. Includes 16 more designs, both innovative and traditional, with fascinating history bytes. “One would need no other book than this to complete a really beautiful one-of-a-kind braided rug.”—RAGS Magazine
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"One would need no other book than this to complete a really beautiful one-of-a-kind braided rug." - RAGS Magazine"
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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Norma Sturges' Braided Rug Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Braided Rug Book: Creating Your Own American Folk Art (Paperback)
When I read Norma's first edition in 2000, hers was the only instructional 'manual' to come around in a very long time. In grandmotherly supportive speech, Norma presents an excellent book for the beginner.
Norma focuses on three common shapes: round, oval and heart. High quality photographs accompany directions. Norma's butting instruction (joining the braid's head and tail so that ends are interwoven and invisibly seamed) make this initially difficult task much easier to learn via step by step pictures. There are many photos of rugs --by home crafters as well as professional rug makers--in both continuous spiral and fully butted designs. Some examples inspiring. While there is nothing "new" for intermediate to advanced braiders, and I personally prefer an oval center to contain an equal number of braids on both sides of the first laced row (Norma's doesn't), this book tops my list for basic overall clarity in instruction.
41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
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Great introduction to the craft of braided rug making,
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This review is from: The Braided Rug Book: Creating Your Own American Folk Art (Paperback)
This book starts with the history of the braided rug in the USA then goes on to provides details on planning, tools, and techniques. There are many pages of color pictures of existing rugs along with a color chart to follow. Many of the rugs are innovative in design and colors, but there is a good choice of more conservative designs, too. I found this book to be so useful, that, after checking it out of the local library 3 times, I've finally put in an order to buy my own copy.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
lovely and helpful,
By Amy C (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Braided Rug Book: Creating Your Own American Folk Art (Paperback)
I picked this book up along with several others to introduce myself to the art of rug braiding. This one had the best instructions, the best step-by-step illustrations, and a truly lovely and inspiring gallery of photographs of different styles and colors of rugs that really made me want to leap right in so I could make stuff that gorgeous, too.
Shortcomings: she doesn't encourage experimenting with cotton strip, which I am finding much less intimidating than wool, which is harder to get and more expensive since i have to order it online. She also stresses perfection---understandable in a craftsman, for sure, but intimidating to a beginner. Best things: She makes you want to start braiding with her lovely photos, and you can get ideas for color arrangements you'd like to try. I did pick up and start braiding a rug after reading the book, though, and that's probably the best thing you can say about a craft book.
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