How To Finish Rug Edge

If you want a traditional rectangular or square.

How to finish rug edge.

Turn your rug face up on the work surface. Place a 1 8 inch bead of hot glue between the edge of the carpet and the raised part of the binding. This step is necessary for most finishing methods. Trim the edges of the carpet remnant with a utility knife or a carpet knife so that each edge is clean and the overall remnant is the desired size.

Staple along the edge. Work your way around the carpet with the glue until your carpet edges are completely bound. Set your carpet down pile up. Squeeze a narrow bead of carpet adhesive or liquid resin along the first several inches of the raw edge.

Binding the edge of a carpet involves wrapping a strip of fabric which is generally made from either polyester or cotton around the edge of the carpet and stitching it in place. In this video doris eaton author of a lifetime of rug hooking explains and demonstrates how to finish a rug using her method called the eaton edge th. Then sew the inner edge of the bias tape to the mesh covering the raw mesh edges for a neat finished backing. Cut a piece of cloth 10 cm 4 inches longer and wider than your latch hook rug.

This is done by a carpet binding machine. Apply more glue in the groove between the rug fabric and the binder tape edging. Mark your final edge by drawing a line around the outside edge of your rug. Make sure that each square of the mesh is secured to the bias tape.

Use a scrap of 2 by 4 wood to press the binding into the carpet until the glue cools. If you are using the staple gun plate idea you would put your metal plate under the carpet and staple down the edge. I use 1 1 4 for rug warp when i m doing a whipped edge you will have to experiment with this measurement if you are using another backing because the thicknesses of linen backings are not consistent. Beginning in the middle of a side slide peeled instant binder tape under the rug until only the rolled serged or rope edging shows against the rug.

Place the cloth along the edge on top of the pile so the edge of the pile and the edge of the cloth are together. Fold all four fabric edges over on the wrong side of the fabric by three quarters of an inch.