How To Keep Rug Fringe Straight

Add a border to faux painted rug with the borders laid out with painter s tape pour your base paint into a paint tray.

How to keep rug fringe straight.

Messy fringes is a problem that draws many customers away from hand knotted rugs despite their beauty and high quality. Anyone have an ingenious ide. For the past 28 years i ve owned oriental carpets and this is how i keep my fringe straight. Fringe in most cases has little or no significant impact on the value of a rug because it is a byproduct of the weaving process.

How to keep carpet fringes on area rugs clean intact. Although straight fringe can be added to any stitch here we will show it as an embellishment to basic peyote stitch. After months or years of use however the ends of the fringed trim can start to fray making your item look aged. This video teaches you how to straighten the fringes on your rug.

Go ahead and fold the fringe to the reverse side of the rug and fasten it to the back of the rug with additional tape and proper tension. I have several oriental type rugs. Fringed trim adds a touch of whimsy and texture to curtains rugs skirts scarves and all kinds of home furnishings and apparel. There are several different types of fringe.

However some of them invariably look all messy because the fringe will not stay straight. Keep the fringe as straight as possible to avoid overlapping which would increase the thickness and cause the carpet to sit higher off the ground. If the rug isn t properly cared for though the tassels may start to fray shed. Fringe tassels give an area rug an exotic or elegant look.

But if the fringe tassels untie are torn or wear off the knots of the rug can begin to pull away and unravel and this absolutely has an impact on the value of the rug. Even if your item is older you can clean up the fringe and prevent it from fraying again. Here we will show a basic orderly pattern to demonstrate the basics. Straight fringe adds excellent texture and interest to the edge or bottom of beadwork.