Rug Making work published.....

MY article on making rag rug was published in WE in January 1st issue 2006.....

Woman's Era is the largest selling woman's fortnightly magazine in ENGLISH in India. First published in 1973 Woman's Era now reaches 2.4 million readers every fortnight.

Woman's Era provides useful information for the women and her entire family. Its like The Ladies Home Journal or Good housekeeping for Indian women.

Here is the link of the magazine,

www.womansera.com

it is now available online ..

see the cover page of the magazine ....below..
I have pasted my article below,
the method of making rug part in this post.

Fallow the method given to make the rug

Cut the chunnies into strips about 15 cm. ( 6" ) wide. There is no need to hide raw edges of chunni material. Take three stripes of different colours of chunnies as plait them together closely and evenly, just as hair is plaited. As soon as 1 ft. or more of the plaiting is finished, the sewing together is begun. A rug as is here illustrated in Figure-I is made by stitching the plaits together round and round until they form an oval. The plaits may either sewn flat or edge ways, whichever is preferred. The sewing is done with strong, waxed threads . this rug is sewn in edge ways. It is 14 inches across and very thick.

When making an oval rug, begin with an long shaped centre, and wound the braid round and round across the c e n t r e, edge to edge, and needle passed through and through in close, invisible stitches. A little practice is required to make the braid lie flat. If too tightly wound it will buckle, but it must not be too loosely done, or the work will look rough.

A dark centre usually looks well with outer rings of light and dark alternately. As the end of each strip of chunni is reached, sandwich the new stripe in between the previous strip about two inches above the end point of the edge. It is just as well if the strips are uneven in length, as then the joins will not come all in one place ; but this, of course, must happen when introducing a fresh colour, and then the join must be neat. When the rug is large enough, turn in the raw edges at the end of the plait and sew them firmly to the adjoining plaited edge.

If you wish you can leave the rug unbaked, so that it is reversible. If you prefer to add a backing cut Hussein or any old cloth to the rug size plus 1cm. ( ½" ) all round. Lay the backing over the wrong side of the rug, turn in the backing edges about 2 cm. ( ¾" ) so the edges will be hidden on the right side and slip stitch the backing in place all round the edge of the rug. Backing saves the back side of your rug, so that you can use the rug as new one.

This makes your rug ready, you can place them where you want. Where mats are placed on linoleum the floor immediately beneath them should not be polished, otherwise they will slip when steeped on and may cause accidents. On carpeted floors, in particular, dust quickly accumulates underneath mats, and for this reason the latter should always be removed when the carpet is swept.

i took the photographs with my phone camera to post it here....

Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana) see the two combo yellow oleander at the back in the full bloom and lots of green leaves. The erect flowering branch of Jatropha bloom both the plants are poisonous in nature, the beauty of their blooms surcasts their ......you mean that....

The scenic beauty of these flowers is enchanting. They have completely bloomed and look very amusing.These blooms are from my balcony....

happy creativity!