craftgrrl | What to do with hessian?

To make a long story short:
In my newish flat, my bedroom is next-door-neighbours with the (very audible) bathroom, so one day after discovering some leftover foam sheets, I bought some hessian with the idea of attaching a sort of padded pinboard to my wall to muffle the noise. Unfortunately, it didn't work (and obviously would've been a lot more effective inside the bathroom instead, but it's a flat so y'know.)

So I'm left with about 8m x 1.2m of royal blue hessian (which is also way bigger than I needed for the wall -- estimation = not my strong point :P).

Does anyone have any ideas of what the hell I can do with this shedding, fraying mass of material? I did think of making some cheap little tote bags, but that won't even make a dent... it is the natural stuff, so too itchy for clothing or anything like that.