How To Finish A Rug Hooking Project

Press the binding edge on top as close to the edge of the finished rug as possible.
How to finish a rug hooking project. This will help to prevent stretching when you zig zag the edge and when you handle the rug for finishing. Whip stitch around the folded corner of your latch hook project to secure the corner and keep whip stitching along the next edge of your project to secure the excess rug canvas at the back of your project once again. 6 when you finish your project cut the excess burlap away from the edge leaving no more than two inches all around. Do the stitching before you cut it off.
Bring all your ends of wool to the surface and clip them evenly with your loops. Bowl filler this is probably my favorite way to finish a punch needle project. This finish is suitable for a mat that will be on the floor. Zig zag the raw edge to prevent fraying.
Another way to finish a rug is use the method above and then add binding tape which is a strip of webbed cotton that is about 1 1 2 inches wide to the back of the mat that will cover the hemmed over edge. Then remove the straight pins. Framed it is a relatively simple process to put a punch needle project. Here are 21 ideas for finishing a punch needle project.
Sew the binding to the canvas using a sewing machine. In primitive hooking you generally start by outlining an area and then filling it in. You would then hook your rug remembering to hook right up to that tape then trim back your foundation fabric so that it fits under the binding tape fold over the binding tape and stitch to the backside making sure to catch the wool in your needle with each stitch. I started with knocking off my own mondrian inspired painting over at mom spark.
If the rug is very large i will cut as i go so that while i am handling the rug i do not stretch out the edge. So i started this whole latch hook rug project a few weeks ago and spent about 4 hours a night hooking my new rug. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. When you ve worked all the way around all sides of your project break your yarn and finish it with a knot.
Use straight pins to secure the rug binding in place. You see i ve always loved neo plasticism of piet mondrian and recently decided that i wanted to make my kitchen into a cubist s dream. Part two of this wave of primary colors is a new rug for my. This must be hand sewn on both edges of the binding tape.
5 continue hooking until the whole mat is done. I have created a lot of bowl filler patterns that i usually hand sew. Now cut off the excess backing at the pencil line.