Turning a Pokémon Drawing into a Big Tufted Rug
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2023
- Finally doing what I set out to do: turning my sketchbook drawings into custom tufted rugs. So please watch and enjoy as I turn this Poke'mon drawing into a rug. This tufted rug took a long time to make, but I had a lot of fun with the tufting gun. The rug depicts Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar overlooking Lavender Town.
As always, I start by laying out my tufting cloth on a smooth, flat surface. From there I measure the width and length that is required to fit my large tufting frame. Then, I bring up my selected image onto a laptop that is connected via HDMI to a projector. Once the projected image is aligned appropriately on the frame, I begin tracing the design with permanant markers. Once I'm satisfied with how the design looks, I will gather the yarn that I've already skeined. From there I thread two strands of yarn (one from each skein) through the eyelets that are attached to the tufting frame, and into my tufting gun. Then it is time to start tufting! I always like to start with the outline, and from that point, its just a matter of finishing one color at a time, making sure to keep the lines close together, until all the tufting is complete.
After the tufting is completed, and I've made sure all loose threads have been pulled out or snipped off, it's time to glue the back. As shown in the video, I use a generous amount of Roberts Carpet Adhesive. Dollop after dollop until every fiber of yarn is completely saturated. Then I like to take a slick, wet hand and really lather the glue in. I feel this helps to further make sure there's adequate glue coverage. And now we wait a day or two.
After the glue has had ample time to dry, we begin to remove the tufting cloth from the tufting frame and start the latter half of the rug making process.
With the rug laid glue side up on a flat surface, I will trim off the excess cloth. I like to leave about a three inch border of tufting cloth, so that it can be folded over and hot glued down to the back side. I then use scissors to cut the cloth into chunks that are about 4 to 5 inches wide. I then use a hot glue gun and apply an ample amount of glue to each chunk. Then carefully and safely, I fold the piece over, pulling with a slight amount of force. This is done so that the edge of the rug will roll over slightly and give a more visually pleasing edge. Once all the pieces of cloth have been glued down, and I am happy with the outcome, we need to cut a piece of backing material.
The backing material is laid out the same way as the tufting cloth was at the very start. I place the nearly finished rug onto the backing material and trim around it loosely with scissors. Then its just a matter of peeling up one half at a time, soaking both the back of the rug and backing material with spray adhesive, and firmly pressing the two parts together.
After giving the rug a few minutes to dry, I once again grab the scissors and trim off all the excess, overhanging backing material. From this point all that needs to be done is a final rug shearing. I have a jig that very much comes in handy. The jig locks the rug shears into place to ensure an even height throughout the rug. I start to shear row after row of the rug. Much like cutting the lawn. Taking it slower when resistance is felt. Once the rug is at a uniform height all that's left to do is hone in some of the lines. This can be done with scissors or the shears.
And after a whole lot of vacuuming, and a few more passes with the shears... And more vacuuming, and more shearing... The rug is finally finished! So I hope you've learned something and enjoyed this video and in-depth breakdown of all that goes into making a DIY rug.
Sidenote:
I've always enjoyed the visual arts so when I saw rug tufting for the first time, I knew I had to try it. From here on, I plan to continue making art showcase and tutorial videos of all things rug tufting. Hoping to continue getting better, and more goofy with it. If that's something you're interested in, feel free to subscribe!
-Michael - Навчання та стиль
i was falling asleep and the lavender town theme woke me up lol. i don't know why, but it was always so scary for me. i really like the rug you made!
Would love to see you do a villain/ character you related to from the 2d drawn era of Disney or my favorite Spyro the Dragon. Love the Spooky Trio.
Last year I came across tufting and I was on the fence about it but I’ve decided this year I will start my journey in tufting after I’ve saved up to get started. Lol badass rug!
Glad to hear it! Good luck on your tufting adventures :)
Hey, it's been a year, how is your tufting?
Hey! I love this drawing you made, anyway you can send me the image so I can try to make my own? I couldn’t get a clear enough shot in the video
Is that first drawing from Conkers Bad Fur Day? I loved that game.
bro same age and same favorite pokemon. I also just started tufting. it was a fun watch man.
You are extremely inspiring this wants me to get into this hobby the possibilities are endless a rug can be any image under the sun!
Thank you! That's what I like it about it. Never really a shortage of ideas because you can do anything lol
i dont mind if it takes a month, i would LOVE to see more of these sketches turned to rugs!
Thank you so much! Definitely gonna work on more big projects in the future.
@@HighOnRugsMichael i would also like to ask, if you'd be willing to sell one of these rugs, or even a custom!
@@XxPeriCo27xX Thank you for asking. Unfortunately not at the moment. My job has my working 6 days a week so I barely have time to make these videos. But I’m hoping to making this my full time job and then I would be more than happy to sell rugs and do commissions.
@@HighOnRugsMichael well, feel free to shoot me an email once you're able to!! Seeing the Gangar line really had me thinking of a pokemon rug I would love but could never find! And seeing how far you've come in such a short time, id want nothing more than to have it made by you😊
Congratulations, it is incredibly beautiful
i love your videos man youre talented and funny af, keep up the good work
very awesome! this piece translates into a nice big rug very well!
Thank you :)
hey man, just wanted to say i appreciate your vid’s, they are entertaining and i enjoy hearing you talk about your old stories of playing pokémon and stuff, im selling paintings in order to get the stuff to make rugs and then i will make rugs until i can fund my clothing brand and start to sell all 3 of them, any tips you have for tufting?
Hey thanks! My biggest tip is that practice is key. I went into rug making feeling pretty cocky, and my first rug was not great at all lol. But the key is to stick with it and learn from mistakes. The two most important things in my opinion are making sure your cloth is stretched super tightly across the frame, and making sure your yarn is being fed with little to no resistance. Otherwise it will keep pulling out of the gun and it becomes a frustrating nightmare.
Cool idea for a rug! If that wouldn't be too expensive I would try to get such a rug, too!
Question, can you reuse all this wool or is that for the trash?
Thanks! Yeh it just goes in the trash. I hate to be wasteful but there’s nothing that I can really do with the scraps.
absolute class matey excellent ,,i have almost made a spiderman rug its looking great as well ,i will join u from my rug channel ,i am also going to join tik tok as the views are out of this world ,:) take care ,laters bro well done :)
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