Toothbrush rug Q&A: How much material will it take? Pre Trivet 1/2

A question I often get is how much material does it take to make a rug? In this video I show the scraps I'm going to use to make a trivet (hot pad) which came out about 8" around by 1/2" thick. I only used the multicolored green fabric, not the pants with the brown in them. In the second video (to be posted later today or tomorrow) I show the finished product. I've found that it takes ME about 25 pounds of discarded clothes to make a "normal" rug of 22" to 28" around, but this will vary by type of material, how thickly you cut the strips, how dedicated you are to using every possible inch of the original clothes, etc. (I'm pretty stubborn about using just about anything I can, even the seams. I love the "silk purse from a sow's ear" / recycling aspect of this craft.)