Edging A Piece Of Carpet To Make A Rug

Edging carpet to make a rug.

Edging a piece of carpet to make a rug.

These include applying an overlocking stitch like a basic blanket stitch or fixing to the edge a ready made rug binding such as leather or cotton. Make a 1 4 inch wide border of white glue on the edge of the rug backing all the way around the. Use the long nozzle tip on the hot glue gun to add a 1 8 inch bead of glue between the piping on the binder and the carpet s edge. You can make up your own rug in various ways.

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. Hold the two pieces together for several seconds until the glue sets. How to make an edge on a remnant carpet. Place your carpet face down on your work surface.

When we had a good quality stairs and landing carpet fitted by allied carpets we had some quite big pieces left over that i thought would make complimentary rugs and runners for the wooden hall floor. Push the taped remnant down while tucking the tape under the adjacent remnant then remove. Turn the carpet right side up and apply a bead of carpet glue to the edges and approximately 1 2 inch 1 3 cm onto the top of the rug. Seal the two binding edges with a spot of hot glue.

This is done by a carpet binding machine. Eventually discovered that as stated above whipping was the process needed to edge them. This will mean it has raw edges which will easily fray and require carpet binding. Carpet seaming tape joins the piece underneath with half the tape on the backing of each adjoining piece.

Bind it yourself with a diy carpet binding tape. Binding is typically the easiest and least expensive method of finishing a carpet edge. The pressure sensitive self adhesive backing will hold binding temporary at first in case you need to re position to the back side of the carpet while a small bead of hot glue with assure the edge is protected and looks beautiful. Hold the piping against the carpet s edge for several seconds while the glue sets.

14 allow the glue to dry and place the home made rug on the floor. Check straightness of the remnant edge with the measuring tape and marker marking on. Bind it yourself with a carpet edge binding. This product is a very good diy solution to make rugs out of carpet remnants.