Punch Needle for Rug Design
Cleaning up the Backside of Your Rug
A course by Rose Pearlman , Textile Artist
About the video: Cleaning up the Backside of Your Rug
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to clean up the loop side of your rug to make the design look as clean and sharp as the stitch side. ”
In this video lesson Rose Pearlman addresses the topic: Cleaning up the Backside of Your Rug, which is part of the Domestika online course: Punch Needle for Rug Design. Learn punch needle techniques to make your own rug with compositions filled with color and texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we learned how to fix any mistakes that may occur while you're punching. In this lesson, we're going to flip the piece over to the back side so we can clean up all the loops in the tail ends. Now looking from at the front of your piece, you're going to notice that everything seems pretty neat and orderly. Even if you poked in the tails, it all comes together. However, when you flip your piece over to the back side, You might be. upset with how it looks. There's lots of tail ends. The loops are all different sizes. Any of your imagery might be blurry because of all the me...”
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Course summary for: Punch Needle for Rug Design
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Embroidery, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Rose Pearlman
A course by Rose Pearlman
Rose Pearlman is an artist, teacher, and textile designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She first discovered her passion for textile art 12 years ago as a hobby that allowed her to stay home while caring for her first child. Her work began to receive wide recognition by amassing over 55K followers on Instagram.
Apart from creating her own textile pieces, Rose also creates patterns for workshops and in-print magazines like Koel Magazine, Making Magazine, Loam, and By Hand. She has been featured in galleries and numerous online design websites like Domino Magazine and Styling. In 2019, she published her own book on the subject, Modern Rug Hooking: 22 Punch Needle Projects for Crafting a Beautiful Home.
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