How To Hang A Rug On The Wall With Velcro

Cut the board so it is smaller than the width of the tapestry.

How to hang a rug on the wall with velcro.

Staple the rough side of the velcro tape to the wood. Cut a piece of thin wood to match the width of the rug. Slide the board into the pocket. To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to.

Velcro tape consists of two separate strips. Get a 2 inch wide velcro. Repeat steps 1 4 if necessary to add more velcro in lines down the rug or around the sides. Measure and adhere the same length of velcro strip to the wood.

Attach the fuzzy side to muslin fabric and then to the back of your rug. Use the velcro method to hang a rug as a tapestry on a wall. First mark where you want the rug. Using velcro to hang your area rug on the wall is currently the method preferred by many museums including the textile museum.

Then guide your needle carefully through the rug fibers. Fold the sides of the tapestry back and screw. Mount the wood to the wall using a drill and screws and attach the velcro together to hang the rug. Sew the fuzzy soft side of the velcro to your muslin strip and sew the muslin strip directly to the back of your rug with a whip stitch preferably using a carpet thread that matches a color in your rug.

Attach the hard side of velcro on a piece of flat wood with the help of a staple gun and stick to the wall. Put the top of the rug there and put a push pin or command strip there. Mount the rug on the wall by aligning both halves of the velcro strip and pressing firmly in place. To hang a round rug on the wall you would use push pins or command strips.

This method can be used on heavy weight rugs with success and without causing damage to the rug. Next stretch it out left and right and place additional push pins there. In order to hide the stitching use a thread that is close in color to the rug.