Dollar Store Crafts » Blog Archive » Make a Pouf from Throw Rugs

Cool Craft Ideas from Dollar Store Finds

Home » $5 and Under, Decor, Headline, High Concept, Tutorials, Wacky

Make a Pouf from Throw Rugs

7 July 2010 41,932 views 17 Comments

by heather

<-- Page 1: Intro and Project Materials

To Make:

Sew the rugs together:

Sew two rugs, right side together, along the fringed side. Make sure they are sewn securely.

Add the third rug to the other side of one of the rugs, sewing right sides together along the fringed side. Make sure the seams are all on the same side of your long rug.

Sew the two ends of the two outside rugs together, sewing right sides together along the fringed side.

You now have a tube. It's a very short tube with very large openings.

Crochet/gather the top of the tube:

Using a medium-large crochet hook and regular acrylic yarn, insert hook in top edge of rug tube and slip stitch around the top of the tube, with a stitch about every half inch. On your second row, decrease by the following method: Draw up a loop in next stitch. Again, draw up a loop in the next stitch. (There should now be 3 loops on the hook.) Yarn over hook. Draw yarn through all 3 loops on the hook. (One decrease made). Draw string as tight as possible between each decrease stitch. Continue around the rug until it's gathered all up. This might take four or five rows around.

For an illustrated guide to decreasing: (How to decrease in single crochet)

If you don't crochet:

Use yarn and a large plastic needle to weave in and out of the edge of the tube, drawing as tightly as possible. Cut a cover for the puckered area out of complimentary-colored circle of felt, wool felt, or a felted sweater and sew over pucker.

Gather the bottom of the tube:

You can gather the bottom of the pouf in the same way as above, but stuff the pouf before the hole gets too small. I actually created a drawstring effect on the bottom of my pouf so I could stuff and unstuff it at will. Instead of gathering all the way to the center of the circle, I left it open and threaded a string through the edges so I could tie it closed.

Stuffing the pouf:

For the sample, I stuffed it with a large fleece blanket and towels, but you can buy a body pillow and use the stuffing inside it for a cheap alternative to fiberfill. Or stuff it with recycled packing peanuts, or your large collection of plastic grocery sacks (if you don't mind the plastic crinkly sound effect!).

Additional Resources:

Sewing 101: Making a Pouf by Brett Bara at Design*Sponge
Knitted Stool at Pickles
Baby Moroccan Pouf by Bromeliad
Potato-Printed Pouf by Absinthe & Orange
Prudent Baby: Make a Pouf Pillow
Say Goodbye to Lumpy Pillows at Craft Leftovers

Linked up at Decor on a Dime

Pages: 1 2

17 Comments »

Amanda said:

Well done! I think the black and white looks fabulous! :)

# 7 July 2010 at 7:02 am

Kathy V. said:

It looks really cute…

# 7 July 2010 at 7:43 am

Bromeliad said:

THAT is totally AWESOME! I so admire a good pouf, especially one that only cost $3.

# 7 July 2010 at 8:00 am

Elizabeth said:

Thanks so much for linking to my potato print pouf!

# 7 July 2010 at 8:51 am

dot said:

ooh, I like!

# 7 July 2010 at 4:04 pm

Care said:

I love the black and white! The stripes are killer!! If only I knew how to crochet…. :)

# 8 July 2010 at 10:27 am

Tutorial: Pouf floor pillow from inexpensive acrylic rugs · Sewing @ CraftGossip said:

[...] Heather from Dollar Store Crafts shows how to turn three inexpensive acrylic rugs into an awesome pouf floor pillow. These would be great accessories for a teen’s room! Get the tute. [...]

# 9 July 2010 at 5:52 am

Anne said:

Love it!!! We are rehabbbing a room at our church for our youth, and doing it on a shoestring budget. I think you’ve just solved part of our seating issues… Thank you!!

I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-pouf-floor-pillow-from-inexpensive-acrylic-rugs/2010/07/09/

–Anne

# 9 July 2010 at 5:54 am

heather (author) said:

@Anne, Honestly, I don’t think these would be good for that – they are a decent amount of work, and they might not hold up to the punishment of being in a youth room!!

# 9 July 2010 at 7:26 am

Mich L. said:

Ooh! This is really cool! (Extra thank you for the “if you don’t crochet” version.) What a huge impact for a few measley $’s!

# 10 July 2010 at 2:34 pm

Vanessa said:

& so stylish!

# 19 August 2010 at 1:12 pm

amanda primm said:

yes ! im a teen this is totally my thing love it <3

# 21 February 2011 at 10:46 am

Pouf from Thrifted Blanket | Decor Hacks said:

[...] year, I made my own pouf out of a woven throw rug, but I like this decor hack much better! Use a thrifted knitted blanket and turn it into a pouf. To [...]

# 5 March 2011 at 10:19 am

CraftFail » Blog Archive » Recycled T-Shirt… Bowl? said:

[...] note: you could make it into a pouf! /* posted under General Crafty, Kids, [...]

# 4 May 2011 at 9:20 am

Laura said:

I love this but where do you find these throws? i have never seen any at the dollar story and I search onlineand have not been able to find any under 5 like mentioned

# 15 October 2011 at 8:40 pm

heather (author) said:

Hi Laura,

I found mine at Dollar Tree. If your local store doesn’t have them, you could ask them to special order them. Or check a different store.

Otherwise, if you have an Ikea near you, they should have them for about $2-3.

# 16 October 2011 at 9:05 am

Craft Chic Tuesdays: Make a Pouf From Throw Rugs | Casa Diseño LLC said:

[...] Click Here to view the Make a Pouf From Throw Rugs project on Dollar Store Crafts [...]

# 1 November 2011 at 9:38 am