Shelbee on the Rags: Shaggy Raggy Tassels & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #691

February 9, 2024 / 22 Comments
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So you know how the Shaggy Raggy Garland was inspired by the “Unicorn Tears” wall hanging which was inspired by the “Not That Innocent” rag curtain? Well, I kept riding that inspiration train which carried me from the Shaggy Raggy Garland directly to these giant Shaggy Raggy Tassels.

With still some more scraps leftover from all of those other raggery projects, I was brainstorming ideas for something to hang on my front door.

I recently removed my holiday wreath and would have replaced it with the raggy tie dye wall hanging that previously adorned it, but I decided to list it for sale since I already have two of them hanging in my bedroom.

Once the wreath was down, it was only a matter of days before the nakedness of my front door started to bother me. And like the inspiration often happens, it felt like the idea of giant door tassels was personally hand delivered directly to my brain from the keeper of some magical mystical well of untapped creativity.

Using up some of the last leftover scraps, I began building 18″ long monochromatic rag ropes in the remaining colors. At the end, I had a big pile of rag ropes in white, pinks, blues, and greens. I gathered together all the pink and white ones and looped them onto a strip of pink fabric, securing them tightly at the top while also creating a loop for hanging. Then I cinched it about 5″ down using a rubber band and another pink fabric scrap. I did the same with the blue and green ropes, using teal twine and an ivory ribbon to secure it. The ribbon is upcycled from the packaging of my Ulivary kimono robes. These big shaggy tassels look like adorable little raggy octopuses. The kids want me to put googley eyes on them!

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I promptly hung the blue and green raggy tassel on my front door and I freaking love it against the teal. That is where she was intended to go so that is where she shall stay! (Until Thanksgiving when the holiday wreath takes center stage for a few months.)

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I thought these turned out so darn cute that I decided to use up some more fabrics strips to create matching tassels. I had a whole bunch of blue and gray scraps that were cut from a bag of donated clothing so I began tying them into 18″ long rag ropes until I had four piles of 45 strands each.

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Next I secured and tied them into tassels using more fabric strips and some rubber bands.

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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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