I'm finished!

I finally finished the throw rug I've been working on.

It's made out of old T-shirts and a little bit of fleece

(the blue parts).

It took me a bit longer to do than I thought it would.  About 3 weeks and 2 1/4 books on tape.  I listened to "Lovely Bones" and Stephenie Meyer's "Host".  Now I'm listening to "Glass Castle".  They've all been really good books.  "Glass Castle" has a LOT of language in it, though.  I have to make sure Winston is out of the room while I listen to it.  But it is a good book... true story - those kids went through a lot!

It's supposed to go next to my bed,

but it looks good in front of the wood stove, too.

Hmmm.

The base of it was a t-shirt too.  I just cut out a circle from the back of an old t-shirt.  Then I cut strips from other t-shirts in the colors I wanted.  The strips were then cut into long rectangles.  On the base, I snipped little slits to feed the rectangles through - putting two ends of each back to back and feeding them through.  It takes a lot of t-shirts.  I probably used 7 large or XL mens shirts and one fleece pullover.

This is what the back looks like...

It's ready to use as it is, but I will probably go back with a needle and thread and tack each piece to the base so it won't come apart in the washing machine.

It's so SOFT!  And only cost me a couple of dollars.  Most of them are t-shirts we already had.  I bought a couple more and the fleece at the Grandma Shop for 50 cents each.  I think I'll make another one to put in front of the kitchen sink!