Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Mary Rush's Rag Rugs


On a recent trip to the Smoky Mountain National Park and nearby Gatlinburg, TN, I met Mary Rush of "Hand Knotted Country Carpets" from Mountain Home, NC. Her demonstration and colorful craft fair booth caught my eye, especially the circular rug shown above. I love the soft colors.

Take a look at her website where she offers rug kits and a DVD showing how to knot a rug: http://www.handknottedcountrycarpets.com/.
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4 comments:

marlene@ByTheSeam said...

Very pretty rugs. I like the colors in them. My mom had braided rugs when I was growing up and they remind me of them.

Vals Quilting said...

I love these rugs and I absolutely love your whale...thanks for the tip I'm starting to save my salvages now...enjoy your blog so much!!
Valerie
http://www.pastimesonline.ca/vals-quilting/

Belen said...

aw, i did this once for a friend as a house-warming present. i didn't have scraps of fabric of her favorite color though, so i bought some instead. it matches her bedroom now. :)

Darlee said...

These remind me of the ones my grandma used to make when I was a child - only she used bread bags.