If you love punch needle embroidery, creating pieces by punching thread through canvas, then you should also try tufting. Tufting is a larger version of punch needle – instead of using a small ...

Often used to make rugs, tufting is a process wherein a hollow needle is used to cram thread or yarn into fabric in some kind of pattern. This can be done by hand, with a gun, or with big machines.

An curved arrow pointing right. Simji is a textile artist who designs and sells rugs. She creates a variety of rugs, including pet portraits. To make them, she projects a design onto backing cloth and ...

Tufting rugs have become incredibly popular. Fiber artist and maker of tufted rugs, Trish Andersen had made a colorful stair runner that looked like paint drippings. In 2019, she posted an image of ...

Stand firm and face the target squarely. With bated breath, place a finger on the trigger. Ready, aim, fire. Who would have thought that tufting can be so exhilarating? This is Tuft Club, the first of ...

“It’s a machine gun that shoots yarn," Heidi Blunt said of a tufting gun she uses. "… This thing is kind of violent." Twin Ports artist Heidi Blunt uses a tufting gun to create a carpet in the shape ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Savaree Hazard-Chaney is making history in the capital city. The Providence artist opened TuftxPVD, Rhode Island’s first Black-owned rug tufting studio, a few years ago.

Sometimes, the best place to find inspiration is right at home. Though Trish Andersen had a career as an event designer, fabricator, and stylist in New York, she soon she wanted to get back to her ...

Teens and twenty-somethings pick up all kinds of weird tips from TikTok, ranging from the harmless and sweet (like cottagecore style) to downright dangerous (like DIY dental work). During the COVID ...

Wellness is about discovering stillness and joy in small creative moments. And there is nothing quite as fun as discovering a new passion to nourish both spirit and mind. Recently, Sachin Tendulkar's ...