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/1YVCTg...
Third song was made by Minthaze

THANKS FOR WATCHING
SUB FOR MORE RUGS!!!
Drew

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