I began making rugs to cover our own floors when I was given a huge stash of fabric that was not useful for anything else. I joined the small pieces together in rainbow colour range, taught myself crochet and my new favourite occupation was born. Other parents of young kids may understand the boredom of being trapped with young kids as they attempt to get them to sleep… this became my sanity saver!

After a while, I got requests for more rugs of different colours, and found I loved using something old and ripped, or otherwise not useful, to make something new and useful.

All of my rugs are hand-made by me while I sit with my family as they play. The strips are torn from bedding that is too stained or ripped to be useful any more. I only use what cannot be used for its original purpose.

Any pieces that are not used in making the rugs are saved as soft, fluffy fill for cushions. We want to reduce our impact on the world by reusing whatever we can. I like the smaller impact on my wallet too.

What I love about using bed linen is the fact that it has already been well loved, but most especially it has been well washed! This means the rugs end up soft, comfortable and very easy-care. They can be pulled into shape after being used to build a fort, or after they have been bunched up to create a ramp for toy cars (this has been well tested in our house), and easily washed after an unfortunate incident with something messy… I will save you details of how well tested that is our house! But once thrown into the washing machine, the rug can be spread over a washing line like a large duvet cover would and pulled back into shape.