Craft & Maker

Rug Tufting

Pull the trigger, finish the rug

12 lessons4 modules9h 20m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course teaches the full gun-tufting workflow used by working rug makers: building and tensioning a frame, choosing primary cloth and yarn, transferring a design, and operating both cut-pile and loop-pile tufting guns. You then learn the finishing steps that separate a craft-fair rug from a durable one: gl, secondary backing, carving, and binding the edge. By the end you can take a design from sketch to a trimmed, glued, finished rug.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Setup: Frame, Cloth, and Workspace3 lessons

How Gun Tufting Actually WorksPreview45m
Building and Tensioning the Frame🔒45m
Choosing Primary Cloth and Setting Up the Space🔒40m

Module 2: Yarn, Color, and Transferring a Design3 lessons

Yarn: Fiber, Weight, and How Much to Buy🔒50m
Designing for Tufting and Choosing Colors🔒45m
Transferring the Design Onto the Cloth🔒45m

Module 3: Operating the Gun and Tufting the Pile3 lessons

Threading, Pile Height, and First Trigger Pulls🔒50m
Tufting Clean Rows, Outlines, and Fills🔒50m
Troubleshooting: Jams, Skips, and Dropout🔒45m

Module 4: Finishing: Glue, Backing, and the Edge3 lessons

Gluing the Back to Lock the Pile🔒50m
Secondary Backing and Cutting It Off the Frame🔒45m
Trimming, Carving, and Binding the Edge🔒50m