Tufting Tips for Beginners (6 month update!)
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Hey everyone! I've been rug tufting for 6 months now and wanted to share an update about my journey and some of the best practices I've learned. I'll share some of the products I use as well !
0:00 Intro
0:18 Progress
0:35 Animal Crossing Leaves
0:45 Dragon Ball
1:10 Paw Patrol Commission
1:20 Manchester United Commission
1:33 Blockbuster
1:45 Tip #1- scissors
3:30 Tip #2- clippers, trimming, and shaping
5:15 EXTRA IMPORTANT Tip- Yarn Lot Numbers and Color
8:05 Tip #3- Nonslip Backing
9:56 Tip #4- Hot Glue Gun
10:22 Tip #5- Fabric Tape
11:02 Tip #6- Trial and error practice
12:26 Tip #7- Projector Mirroring
13:08 Tip #8- Where I buy yarn
13:23 Tip #9- Yarn Type
14:00 Tufting Station Stability issues
15:00 Tip #10- Staples for Tufting Cloth Stability
17:40 How I got Commissions so far
18:48 Outro
My Tufting Gun (Cut Pile): amzn.to/42unP7g
Scissors (Kai 5210 8-inch Dressmaking Shears): amzn.to/3MkTjXI
Carpet Trimmer: amzn.to/3I47kGV
Projector: amzn.to/3pzjfWL
Tufting Cloth 118" x 59" w/yellow lines: amzn.to/3nXokHR
Tufting Adhesive: amzn.to/3MjvCz3
Putty Knives: amzn.to/41tiJ9N
Non-Slip Carpet Backing: amzn.to/3pw7xfA
Metal Lint Remover: amzn.to/3Bgx92u
Fuzzy Lint Remover: amzn.to/3poJ4Zm
Yarn Ball Winder: amzn.to/3O1vsgY
Gorilla Glue Gun: amzn.to/42PLvCC
Alternative Tufting Station, Metal with no nails : amzn.to/3nOe5Wq
DISCLAIMER: I have not used this frame, I just figured it might be a good alternative for people who might not want to put together a wooden frame or live in apartments!
These are all Amazon affiliate links and I do get paid when you use these to shop, thank you! - Навчання та стиль
That blockbuster rug is chef’s kiss
Thank you!
Great video, thanks!
Hi🙋♀️thanks for the video very helpful.
You’re welcome! Thank you so much for watching , I hope you learned something new! Happy tufting!
Sweet video! these tips will definitely help me out and you go over some of the problems that it seems like nobody else talks about. Next time you are shaping a rug, could you show us how you do it? Like when you were talking about the Dragon Ball rug and how you tried shaping that one. I'd love to see what the best techniques you've learned are and how you go about that. I can never seem to get my entire rug level for some reason.
Hey thanks for the comment and I’m glad to help! So I just put out a video of me making a rug and there’s gonna be a part 2 where you’ll see me shaving the rug down and I think I usually get them pretty level. If all goes well I should be releasing that video on Friday!
thankyou for the insight bro!
Great videos thanks to you guys I have purchase a Bàtteri operated tufting gun and I'm in love.
I’m so glad you like the videos! I hope you have fun Tufting!
@@towfur11 ìm having a blast looking forward to more videos from you
Best scissors ever. I sew purses
Can’t wait to start vlogging my rugs, nice rugs as well 🫡
Thank you! And I hope you have fun! Enjoy the hobby and you’ll have a ton of rugs before you know it!
Thanks brother
I’ve never even thought about this as a hobby for myself but somehow this video came up on my feed and I ended up watching from beginning to end just cause you made me laugh during 1:55. Thanks man for making me wanna try something new due to your chill and informative vibe 🤙🏽👌🏽
Hey thank you! I had fun making it, I wish you luck on getting into the hobby, it’s really satisfying when you make your first rug so trust the process!
I did my frame at home, and since in Europe, we don't have such thing like carpet tack strips (at least I wasn't able to find near my place), i had to improvise and i used a piece of wood and small nails, then I bended them, so once they are on a frame, they are heading outside and keeping the cloth perfectly. It's definitely longer than what I see using people with tack strips and better for cloth
I like the improvisation, putting the nails at an angle is definitely the best method I’ve seen to keep the cloth in place, my new setup has the nails straight out and it’s been harder to find a way to keep everything tight on the tufting stand, though I will say I haven’t had the straight nails strain the material too much either so grain of salt for my method I guess! Good luck and enjoy tufting !
@@towfur11just hammer them to the angle, if it's possible
This was such an informative video. I’m new to tufting and your tips will help me. I could see (although the bright glare in the background from your computer screen made it difficult 😮) your progress. But you’ve def encouraged my journey!! I look forward to more videos on topic. New subbie🎉
Thank you so much! And thank you for the feedback I will definitely try to get rid of the glare ! It’s so fun and it feels like such an accomplishment when you make one I wish you the best of luck!
Looks good brother
Thank you bro!!!
thanks for this video. i've only just started in this hobby and after 1 completed rug i can honestly say i agree with many of the things you've highlighted especially the thing with the carpet tack strips, what a load of bollocks those things are in holding the tufting fabric in place at the tension it needs to be. i've not seen the method you've suggested with the nails, but in my mind i'm thinking rolling the fabric edge onto a metal strip before clamping it onto the frame, then using threaded bolts secured to the frame to extend the frame and stretch the fabric with a spanner. not sure if that makes sense, but i'm gonna give the tack strips another try and if that's not good then i will look to modifying the frame. good luck!
Agreed! It’s so frustrating because on one of my recent rugs I almost couldn’t keep the tufting gun in a straight line due to how tightly I secured one of the sides on those tack strips! Your idea sounds like an improvement and I think I saw something similar on Amazon that I linked before, not sure if it was this video but basically it does the same thing with these little magnetic looking clips that seem to lock on.
@@towfur11 the first and only rug that I've made so far, the fabric wasn't taut enough initially and it would warp so much as I put pressure on that I couldn't go in a straight line. I had to restretch it resulting in the design being somewhat distorted in the end. 😂 I find the carpet tacks pretty useless for all intended purposes to be honest. The anchor points are mostly too far apart. If the tension can be more evenly distributed that would be ideal. If you can find the link I'd love to take a look and see if it's a better solution than what I have in my head? Thanks.
@@vibgaminghere’s the link by the way! NODOCA 53.5 Inch Rug Tufting Frame Tufting Kit, NODOCA Newest Aluminum Metal Tufting Frame for Rug Making, Rug Frame for Tufting Supplies, Carpet Tufting Gun Kit, Gifts for Mom, Girlfriend, Sister a.co/d/9JvyNfL
@@towfur11 wow. That's really interesting, though I can't find the process of stretching the cloth. I wonder if you can secure 2 sides of the cloth to the frame then you put your body weight onto the adjustable bottom beam to stretch the cloth before fixing it into position.
Woah mans gots skills! Is that dbz piece of art for sale? Wishing you the best of luck on your journey of tufting. You have the potential and I can see you do big things with this new hobby! Happy to have landed on this video today!
Thank you !!! I sold the one in the video but I’ll happily make you one!
Hi good job can you please let me know where I can get the images for tuffing thanks
Hello! So I use a projector and try to find images just on Google that I can remix or add a customized spin to!
8:40. what is the black part on the sides or edges?
Hey so the material I’m using there is called fabric tape, I basically just put it on the edges of the back of the rug to make it look a little more clean.
hey what rubber backing do you use? where do u buy it and whats the name of it
Hey so I usually just get whatever seems to be the best deal on Amazon, I search “rug backing” and I go for the pattern that looks like little rubber flowers. Most of the backing I’ve bought is from “pillieay” it seems to be a random shop on there that has a couple other options too like white backing with the black flowers.
@@towfur11 thank you for responding!!
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What kind of yarn can i use also is there loke diffrent sizes that I can and cant use? I want to make a fuzy sfot rug but Idk if that will work.
So there are a few different types of yarn, I used cotton yarn early on and didn’t really like it so everything you see that’s recent on here is with acrylic yarn which I think is pretty fuzzy and soft. I’m not sure if there’s a type you can’t use but I imagine if you use a tufting gun and the yarn is too big to be threaded then it’s probably a good idea to use smaller yarn