

I did it! I did it! I made a magic carpet. I've wanted to make one of these for an eternity, at least a year. What gave me the final nudge I'm not sure, other than I tend to turn to crochet when I need a meditative escape. Just rows, nothing else. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth until I get bored. Then someone gets a blanket out of it.
But this time I wanted a rug, and I wanted to make it with my kids' blown out clothing, and I wanted to make it in a circle. So I went here to figure out how to make a circle. And here to learn how to cut the strips and join them. Then I fumbled my way around and around and around the circle with their well worn tights and leggings, the shirts I loved but they didn't, the pants that split when they fell; I added stitches where the carpet seemed empty, and stretched it out like pizza dough along the way to keep the circle shape.
The toughest part? Getting over the horror of dissecting the clothes. It felt wrong and illegal, just like my first night out on the town after being sequestered inside for months when my kids were newborns. And I became fragile over the deconstruction of a few pieces. One navy dress in particular both my girls had worn, and outgrown, and I got teary every time the scissors went near it. I had to wait until the end of Wednesday when they were both driving me crazy and then I felt no guilt whatsoever dissecting it. Once I got past that dress, my scissors coveted everything, and I chopped with impunity.
When I ran out of material just shy of completing the rug, I made an emergency trip to the thrift store and finished it off with someone else's bottoms. Imperfect my magic carpet may be, but I'm thrilled I was able to make it from rags to stitches with my own hands. And now I plan to fly away on it. Wearing Jess Swift's boots, of course.
38 comments:
Ahh! I love it!! What a great way to hold on to all those special clothes. Nice job!!
WOW! you crafty wizz.
Oh my gosh. You never cease to amaze me. Love it!
YOU are the magic. What a beautiful way to give those clothes a new life. And as always, I admire your craft as a writer as well as a visual artist. Brava!
what a great use for those "well loved" pieces of clothing. it looks beatufiul
Ah! I effing love this. Not just the rug itself (which is stunning), but the story :) Rock on, sister.
It's so beautiful and meaningful and creative and colourful! To echo previous commenters, the story is every bit as magical as the carpet itself. So inspiring!
GLORIOUS! I'm really impressed you've done it so quickly! Mine take a bit longer. xxoo Patty
magic indeed.
(of course. this is
of your hand + heart).
xox
What a perfectly artsyville carpet! It's beautiful, Aimee!
What an awesome little magic carpet! It's downright rainbowlicious :)
I love it Aimee!!! I have a feeling that if I learned how to crochet in a circle, I'd never stop. Could be good or bad.
Wow! Awesomely amazingly cool!
i love it! it's so colorful!
Beeeeaaaaauuuuuuutiful! I love it!
I seriously can not get over how awesome your rug looks Aimee! I'm inspired!!
Oh my goodness! WHAT a treasure!!! An heirloom!
is there no end to your talents? this is gorgeous and all the more wonderful because you made it from your children's clothes. i really love this and totally want to make one as well so am off to find out how!
this is so beautiful! I want one of my very own. I love that you used your kids old fabrics. so meaningful.
The carpet is wonderful! What a beautiful and cozy way to treasure memories of your kids.
Love the boots too--I ordered them in the other pattern :-)
That rug will look great with wicker :)
it's so fabulous!
Marvellous... Far out!
you' ve outdone yourself, lovely.
such a fab history-preserve-cycling piece and such bombastically bright colours and doodlelicious texture.
hats off to you (and it's rather nippy over here...)
xx
OH MY WORD! WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA :)
If only I were crafty like this I would SOOO do this!
Thanks for linking up your beautiful magic carpet.
The bright colors are beautiful!
saw it on fb, and it is quite glorious- magic one I am sure!
Take me with you! Oh, the fabulosity! This is a colorful mandala of memories. I love it!
I adore your magic carpet! I made one years ago from all my old sox. Only I braided mine, then sewed them all together. Back in the 1970's the sox we wore were quite bright. (grin) Brilliant blues, reds, purples, etc.
Your carpet is indeed magical!
Gorgeous colors...love it!
thank you everyone! i took lots of virtual voyages on my magic carpet this weekend -- i curled up with a glass of wine & a book on it and sailed away into other universes :)
holy crap this is gorgeous. as are the JS boots. you stylish devil...
Looks pretty near perfect to me.
So jealous! I love your homemade carpet :)
Great Blog!! That was amazing carpet. Your thought processing is wonderful. The way you tell the thing is awesome. You are really a master.
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