Make The Cushiest Bathmat With An Easy Fleece Blanket DIY

Bathmats have two main purposes: to keep your floor dry when you step out of the shower, and to reduce the risk of slipping. A plush mat is great for soaking up excess water and creating a comfortable layer between feet and the cold floor. DIY is a money saver when you don't want to spend on new house decor. It's also a useful method to get rid of items you no longer have use for. If you have any old fleece blankets lying around the house, why not put them to good use and upcycle them into a cushy new bathmat?

Making your own rug lets you channel your inner interior designer. Choose the size, color, and pattern. Match the DIY project to other elements in your washroom to emphasize a theme. For example, if you're hoping for a natural look, earth tones are a great choice. If you want a spa vibe, go with white or pastels. If you don't have fleece blankets, you can also upcycle old towels into a cute DIY bathmat. With some style ideas in mind, let's gather supplies and get started.

The best part of the cushy bathmat process is the simplicity of materials and methods. All you need are 6 fleece blankets, a pair of scissors, and several rubber bands to make your new favorite bathroom feature. Use intermingled colors or monotone, depending on your design vision. YouTuber Cleverly went with a patriotic selection of red, white, and blue in a repeating pattern. This craft is a great way to upcycle items you no longer use. Whether stained, torn, or wearing thin, breathe new life into your old bedclothes with a little DIY ingenuity. If you don't have any blankets to recycle, Dollar Tree sells an assorted selection of 50 inch by 60 inch plush throws for $5.00. You can also grab rubber bands here, but Walmart has a larger selection, like their Alliance Advantage bags of 88 for $1.22. With supplies in hand, let's prep for the main project.

This is a no-sew project, meaning you'll use other methods to craft the mat. In this case, it's a combination of braiding, elastic bands, and weaving leftover strips of fabric that produces the finished product. To prepare for all these steps, lay your fabric out lengthwise and cut it into equal-width strips, aim to get 10 strips out of each. Nine of these pieces are used to craft the body of the rug, and the one leftover is cut lengthwise again to form two thinner strips. Repeat this process with all of the throws. It's now time to assemble.

This is a beginner's-level project and something you could easily do with kids, or on your own. Grab three strips of fabric to start, and fasten them at the top with a rubber band. The band should sit about one inch down so it can't easily slip off. Next, braid the three pieces together and secure the bottom with another band. Repeat this step 17 more times. The result should be 18 ropes. Arrange them into bundles of three. It's time to weave them together.

Use the thinner strips you saved earlier to connect the three chunky braids. Use a rubber band to connect the fabric strip to the middle braid. Thread the material down the center and left rope, using loops of fabric where the braids touch. When you reach the bottom, secure it with another elastic. Repeat this step, but lace the middle to the right section. You should have a single piece of bathmat, three ropes thick. Repeat these steps until you have six portions of fabric three ropes thick, and then connect those the same way, lacing them together. Voila! You've made your bathroom look high-end with a cheap and simple bathmat made of old fleece throws.