Getting Started Laying Lines

Getting Started Laying Lines

Watch Geoff give a quick tutorial on how to lay lines with your Tuft Love Spider Cut Pile Tufting Machine / Tufting Gun.

The trick to laying lines is the pressure that you apply. Push in on the fabric and move up. To take corners, you want to move in slight bursts while you rotate you're from handle. You are trying to prevent the tufting machine from bouncing on the fabric as you tuft.

Figuring out good spacing in-between lines is helpful so you can control the density of the rug you are making. Laying lines closer together will give you a "thicker" rug. 

 

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Tuft Love employs survivors of gender based violence in South Africa, providing them the stability of a paycheck and the vision of a better future. When you buy a Tuft Love tufting machine or kit you help support that mission!

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