so you've just finished your piece only to find a bald spot on the edge here's how you fix that grab some yarn in that color and you're going to cut enough of these Loops to fill that bald space open it up and put a little bit of hot glue right there directly on the backing Fabric and then you're going to take whatever instrument you use to not burn your fingers to death to press those fibers into the backing fabric squeezing around it so everybody gets joined together and then you just clip off those long edges trim it all up nice and pretty and it's like it never even happened oh
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Rug Tufting Tutorial | Step By Step Guide
you need these tools so I'll tell you the list
right now now this is the primary tool you're gonna need in order to start this entire Journey
there are many tufting guns out there but this is the one I bought from Amazon and it's worked
perfectly throughout this entire time so if you're in need of one I have the link in the
description next thing you'll need is fabric primarily Monk's cloth then you'll need backing
fabric I started with felt but I later switched to anti-slip that provides a more premium and
professional feel to the rug next will be yarn only pick the colors that you need because
believe me you will have tons of yarn once you begin and let's not forget the frame make
sure it's completely sturdy and it's ready to be used whether it's custom or pre-made make sure
everything's on there tight and securely the last thing you want is an unsecure and swaying frame
of course we can't forget glue throughout this video you'll see me use three different types of
glue to finish the rug finally I use scissors and shears to detail and shape and if you guys need
a more in-depth description about these tufting items I have a video for that look at the top
right to start you're going to need to apply the fabric to the frame but there is a couple
of steps to this so follow with me first to know that you're applying it correctly there will
be lines that go vertically and horizontally now once you've applied it to the frame there's one
more step what you want to do is carefully grab each end of the frame and pull as hard as possible
making sure that the fabric is extremely tight on the frame once you've done that you can do the
tufters test what you want to do is flick the fabric as hard as possible now if the fabric
is soft that means that you've applied it in correctly but if the fabric bounces back very
quick you know you've done it now once you're ready to start tufting take out your projector
and set it up a good length away from your frame also try not to over complicate picking an image
you can always look on Google or design something yourself once you have the photo put it onto
your computer and start projecting Now flip the photo as well you can do that in any type of
software even preview if you have a Macbook sometimes you can't get the projector in
the perfect spot remember you can always move the image around on your computer as
well now you're ready to trace you want to outline each color of your design try and get
as close as possible so it's a perfect outline foreign once everything's outlined on your fabric you
want to label each color as well believe me you don't want to be confused when you're inserting
the yarn now for the tufting gun there's things that you need to be aware of cleaning the tufting
gun is really important otherwise anyone that you buy at any price will break sooner than later so
I'm going to show you how to clean it take care of it and the settings that I use for my gun before
I show you how to clean it please turn off your gun flip the switch down and make sure that any
bright light on the gun is completely turned off now I use a microfiber cloth and a brush I only
use the brush if there's a little bit of yarn left on the gun so here you'll see me brushing off the
important parts of the gun and if there's a small space that you can't get to you can always twist
the gear and that will allow you to get more space after this I'll lightly oil the gun and then turn
it on for around 30 seconds now if you see a black residue or a black Gunk on the gun then turn off
the gun take your microfiber cloth and clean off that residue once again you can spin the gear
to get those tight spaces and once it's cleaned I lightly oil it and then turn it on now for the
settings this is an Industrial Tool so please be careful with this there's enough knob located at
the bottom of the Gun there's a little white line I try to keep that close to the lowest factory
setting now of course you can turn this up higher which means the gun will be tufting at a higher
rate of speed so this is important to know for the next step this can lead to more problems
like cutting the fabric and potentially just ruining your rug a slower speed allows you to get
more detail and altogether just a better rug and at the same time if you're watching this video
I'm guessing you're a beginner which starting at a slower speed will definitely help you so
much now for those that don't know the tufting gun guides you in an upward position let the
gun guide you the only time I guide the gun is if there's a curve or I have to go diagonal
mostly just for making shapes now for the part everyone's been waiting for if you get Red Heart
yarn like I do you can either take the Strand from the outside or the inside though I definitely
recommend taking it from the inside because eventually it can become Tangled if you take it
from the outside strand assuming you already have the yarn looped through the frame like so take
your gun and thread the yarn through like this thank you leave a little bit of yarn hanging off the end
when tufting designs I normally outline the rug first and then fill it in when threading the
Border I normally do three lines thick but if your design doesn't require an outline that's
okay too normally you're going to want to use the gun vertically sometimes it may require you to
go horizontally or diagonal I like to outline each separate color and then I fill it in vertically
and make sure that the yarn is fully embedded in the fabric also watch how close my lines
are this is normally how close you want them [Music] [Music] [Music] applying the same amount of pressure all the way
through creating the rug is definitely important now you see this little thing hold on hold on
let me get a little closer you see this I don't cut these anymore I pull them out the reason you
don't cut them is because one that can lead to cutting your rug and the most important reason
why is because they don't actually stick into the rug itself though if you do end up ripping
your fabric there is a fix to that but since I didn't rip my fabric I didn't want to just rip it
to fix it so if you guys really want that video please spam it in the comments section now that
you filled in your design you want to glue it for this I'm using Robert's 3000 carpet glue now
it doesn't really matter what type of flooring you have protect your floor from this glue I
have carpet and it can absolutely destroy it so I bought super cheap gym mat set on the floor
underneath there's an important reason why I use this glue and that will come into the video
later as well you can either put a glove on or get a little spatula make sure that there's
barely any clumps and leave everything even make sure you do this step within a ventilated
area you don't want to inhale fumes all day now you wait 12 to 48 hours for the
glue to dry once it's finished you can cut the rug out just make sure that
you leave a little bit of excess fabric so you can fold it over on the second glowing step foreign flat down on a table and I cut little
pieces all the way around the rug the point of doing this is to fold them
inward into the rod now feel if the glue is still kind of tacky on the back side
of the rug and if it is now you can fold in each piece that you cut from here I take
hot glue and spray adhesive glue and apply the backing on the way that I prefer
to apply it is by doing it little by little otherwise the hot glue dries way too
fast and you really don't want that laughs something to remember when you are applying
the glue make sure that you apply pressure on the entire rug each time you apply glue now I
cut off the excess backing Fabric and as you can tell everything's starting to come together now
it's time to shave the rug I like to use my big shears which are called Beach Rose if you guys
do decide to buy this year it does not come with a guide that I have online I made that separately
on my own and that little white piece that I have on that as well I have a whole video explaining
what that is and how I created that and now I have a 3D printer to produce them it allows a
vacuum to be attached to the guide itself so it makes cleanup time way faster and it stops
the shear from overheating now the reason why I have a guide on it is so it makes a clean Glide
across the entire rug inconsistencies in the rug will definitely make it not feel professional
whatsoever and a lot of the time with the mess up like that you can't really get your work back
once that's done I use scissors to detail the rest of the rug I Glide my scissors through the colors
to separate them then I go through a second time and cut the fabric I do this on a very slight
angle so the definition is more prominent or tilt your longer scissors up a little bit for
me that works but for some people it may not now that everything's detailed I vacuumed the
rug and make sure that there's no lint on the back in front you can also go over the rug with
a lint remover now that you're almost done flip the rug upside down and slap your label on it
I make sure people know it's a one of one rug and if they decide to scan the code they get
all of my info congratulations you tufted your first rug now you might want to learn how to
price that rug so watch that video here [Music]