Tufting a Rug (MY PROCESS)

Today I use my cut pile tufting gun to tuft a 2ft square rug start to finish!

In this video, I show you how I:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Primary Fabric/Stretch the Frame
01:20 Develop A Plan
02:11 Tuft
04:37 Adhesive
05:27 Waterfall Binding
07:30 Backing
08:19 FINISHED!

This was my first time doing a waterfall binding on one of my tufted rugs. Usually, I whip stitch an edge around the entire rug, which, looks great and feels great, but it takes SO LONG.
This waterfall binding technique got the job done in LITERALLY 1/20th the time it would have taken me to whip stitch the whole thing!

There are also companies that specialize in binding/finishing rugs (in most major cities) however I have not yet explored this option. The one I investigated here in Minneapolis Minnesota told me they charge about $3-5 per linear foot of binding. So, for the rug I made today (2ftx2ft)(8ft parameter) They'd charge something like $25-40 to bind. I'm sure that'd look amazing, but it's not worth the money for me at this point :---)

If the video didn't make it clear, I like to save as much money as possible without compromising quality. This is why I used burlap as my primary fabric and cheap cotton canvas as my secondary fabric (backing)

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITY HAND TUFTED RUG, I will make a video especially for you very soon, but for now here are some tips:
- Use cotton yarn.
(I use acrylic yarn which is not as soft and frays a bit more (but cheaper!)
- Use industry-specific tufting monks cloth as your primary fabric
- Using two coats of flooring adhesive would probably help!
- Use a thicker, more expensive fabric as a backing
- Have a professional third party company do the binding
- Go slow while you tuft! try to tuft the back as uniform as possible so the yarn in front is consistent with no thick or thin patches

MUSIC CREDITS:
- First song was made by me
- Second song was made by my friend Yiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/1YVCTgZwuLfjwTMZIOTuVE?si=E3dV-X-xRPuaTeoPOUGOYQ
- Third song was made by Minthaze

THANKS FOR WATCHING
SUB FOR MORE RUGS!!!
- Drew

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