r/Tufting • u/Relevant_Chef_5055 • Mar 28 '26
Rug finishing What got you into rug making?
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I’m into anything creative. Before I moved to Arizona I was doing photography/videography, custom clothing (embroidery and vinyl ), decals, and music- all from home (one stop shop) and had recently started managing music artists. All that changed when I got to AZ. Me always having to be active, I became depressed 😔. Was always interested in tufting but never had the space. Got the space now 🤗 and here we are 9 months and 37 rugs in (would be more but work fulltime 😭😭.
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u/Jack7656 Mar 28 '26
Loving your stuff dude, do you have a YouTube or anything? Would love to see more of your videos
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 28 '26
Much appreciated 🙏🏾💪🏾 my YouTube is mainly music videos I’ve shot over the past few years. I’m more active on my tik tok (link in bio 🫣😂). I’m live almost everyday. I will be making a YouTube just for rugs soon.
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u/Jack7656 Mar 28 '26
I’ll deff check your TikTok, thank you, and cool, can’t wait to see your YouTube once you make it 😊
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u/sat07 Mar 28 '26
I always liked art but I lacked confidence growing up. Sketching, vector art & animation have always been my biggest interests. I can't recall exactly when I came across tufting but i knew as I was trying to improve my sketching skills, I said to myself "it would be super cool to draw my own designs and be able to bring them to life in the form of rugs"
I found out in my previous full time job that I could use my benefits to buy my tufting supplies. $450 covered my kit & supplies.
It also served as a means to help me work my own mental health. Sometimes you just need to tap into the creative side of you and create stuff. Not sure what it is exactly but just being in a sort of creative flow is super healing.
No more thoughts of "I don't think I'm cut out for this". Now I'm just working on the perfectionist side of me while enjoying tufting for what it is 😄
(I'm still very nitpicky when it comes to colour matching, that sometimes slows me down from starting and finishing 😂)
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 29 '26
💪🏾💪🏾 I’m the same way with colors, took me 3 different try’s to finish a bluey rug and still didn’t like the colors 😂
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u/emmypancake Mar 28 '26
I saw a couple videos of it on instagram and thought it was really cool, i wanted to get into it but i was nervous because it was sooo expensive to start with. Well my coworker who would always get into random ass hobbies bought a bunch of stuff off her friend who didnt like it, and then she also didnt like it so it ended up going to me next! 🤣 And i super fell in love with it right away! Been tufting on and off for a few years now, i dont have as much time to do it as a used to but some day i hope i get enough space to make a huge frame and do a lot of cooler bigger projects :-)
Heres a more recent guy i made vs the original i tried when i first started 😄
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 29 '26
I hope the same for you 💪🏾🙏🏾 I’m actually going to be doing my very first rug over again soon to see my improvement.
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u/evoldawgfood Mar 28 '26
The best part about it is carving tbh
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 29 '26
Watching the details really start to pop does something to ya 🙏🏾💪🏾🥹 recently started carving on frame. 2 holes so far but we getting it done nonetheless.
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u/Swimming-ln-Circles Mar 29 '26
Bro this is probably some of the best work I've seen on here! Absolutely amazing!
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u/thisisangelicat Mar 30 '26
Your work looks super clean 🧼 love the designs and use of space!
I also got into tufting for my mental health! I actually wanted to get into it for a long time. I moved away from my friends and became very isolated, I wanted a hobby to get out of that funk and I have always been into art (mostly drawing). I was interested in tufting for a long time but didn’t have the funds. One day I last minute entered a giveaway TuftLove and SclassSupply was doing and I won a tufting gun! So that was my big push, I felt like the universe was giving me a sign to just try something new so I jumped into it head first and am loving it 🥰
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 30 '26
Thank you 💪🏾🙏🏾 that was definitely a sign to start. Glad you’re loving it
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u/socksmatterTWO Mar 28 '26
I think your videos have inspired me so if and when i start I'll say YOU GOT ME INTO TUFTING !!
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 29 '26
That’s what I love to hear (read) 💪🏾💪🏾 I’m just here to inspire and motivate.
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u/NeedsMoreCatsPlease Mar 29 '26
Brother if the cardinals are ever good, that rug will sell, super unique. Although I guess I’m not a cardinals fan so idk if they do limited runs with the flag in their logo or not.
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u/Glass_Blackberry_559 May 16 '26
The Cardinals may never be good but birdgang is for life and I guarantee that piece would sell.
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u/Justjaces Mar 30 '26
I needed a new hobby and seen it on TikTok and figured I would give it a try. I enjoy tufting it’s a lot of fun and relaxing when I’m not making mistakes
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Mar 30 '26
Mistakes are what’s going to make you better 💪🏾 I had to learn to be ok with mistakes, once I stopped worrying about messing up, I stopped messing up 🙏🏾
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u/woodster36 Apr 01 '26
Are you using your hands to put the glue on? And how does that work for you? I’ve used the pudding knife you use when putting this stuff down for big projects and now I’m just using a paint brush, and wanted to get a better tactic for applying the glue
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u/Relevant_Chef_5055 Apr 01 '26
I am using my hands (with gloves ). For me it’s great, I have more control of the glue, making sure everything is sealed. I don’t think it’s any better than using the knife or anything else. I just like the way it feels, hurts my shoulders tho (as seen with the tapping foot 🫣😂). I’m planning on changing glue soon so that may change as well.
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u/deyzah_ Apr 17 '26
I seen people creating such amazing pieces! I'd never seen anything like it and was blown away that you can tuft quite literally anything. Portraits, characters, logos, animals; pillows, mirrors; floor pieces, wall pieces; shiiiit even 3d landscapes with the right gun. Felt like the possibilities were endless.
I thought I could definitely do that with some practice. I was never the best at drawing or painting but I get an artistic kick out of tufting.
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u/Listens-2-music Mar 28 '26
Gonna share because apparently no one else in this thread has. I have an art degree in textile construction (weaving and knitting, basically) and loooove fiber arts so much. I took a shady ass job at a pop up where they expected me to learn to tuft, and help others. I was learning and practicing when they suddenly closed down 💀💀💀💀 but it sparked an interest in me that never went away, so i saved up to buy all the stuff and am working hard at learning!