The casing is a tube of fabric that will snugly hold a rod which will hang from the wall.
How to hang indian rugs.
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Machine sew the opposite side of the hook and loop tape to a piece of cotton muslin cut the width of the rug.
Inspired from ornate and magnificent palaces of the orient is the art of having a hand made hand knotted oriental carpet or a rug on your walls.
The most popular sizes of wall hanging rugs are 5ft by 3ft and 6ft by 4ft in pure silk pure wool and blend of wool and silk.
This is your rug hanger.
At the outer edges the center etc and re tacking.
Cut a piece of muslin to measure 6 inches wide and 3 4 the length of the blanket edge with scissors.
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Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood.
Measure the horizontal hanging edge length of the blanket with the tape measure.
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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.
Decide where you want the rug to hang and carefully mark the spots on the wall where a screw will be inserted in which to secure the rug hanger.
A heavy cotton casing may be sewn onto the back of the rug again this should be hand sewn if hanging a handmade or antique rug to form a tube through which the curtain rod may be inserted.
Attach one side of the hook and loop tape to the ledger with a staple gun.
Measure and adhere the same length of velcro strip to the wood.
The second most recommended method for hanging heavyweight oriental rugs is to stitch a casing on the back of your rug.
This method requires a bit of extra work but it is an immaculate safe way to hang a rug on a wall even heavy ones.
This should be attached close to the top of the rug.
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Hook and loop method secure a wood one by two or one by one ledger to the wall through the studs with wood screws making it the width of the rug.
The rug should slip easily onto the hooks and rest securely on the wall.
Be sure to screw into a wall stud where possible.
After the rug is completely in place and centered on the rug hanger tighten all of the screws until the rug will not move when lightly tugged.
The rug should hang smoothly if it was on a flat surface when the facing and board were attached.
The second method of hanging an area rug on the wall involves the use of a curtain rod.