Prim Talk Radio Show April 3, 2009

Good morning Prim Talk Listeners. I am your host Sherol Jones. Today is Friday April
3rd.

On today’s show I will continue the series on rug hooking for the beginner by telling you how to finish your rug hooking projects. Dianne Theroux is back with a segment on how to decoupage a lampshade.
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Series on Rug Hooking
Finishing your Rugs

Once you have completed your rug, you need to steam it and finish the edges. Two of the most popular ways of finishing the edges are with binding tape or by whipping the edges with wool yarn,

Steaming
Steam your rug prior to finishing the edges and again after you have completed the rug. Steaming makes your rugs lie flat and also gives it the finished look. If you are using monk’s cloth it tends to curl, so steaming will allow you rug to lie perfectly flat. Steaming also helps hide any imperfections in your rug hooking style.

You will need an ironing board, an iron, and a terry cloth towel. Do not use a steam iron; use a dry iron with a damp terry cloth towel. Lay your iron on top of the damp terry cloth towel waiting for the steam to rise.

Binding Tape

Binding tape is 1 ¼” wide, made with 100% cotton and comes in many different colors. To determine the amount of binding tape you will need, measure the outside perimeter of your rug and add 12 “ for shrinkage allowance. Make sure you wash your binding tape before you apply it to your rug, some of the colors can bleed.

Binding tape can be sewn on before you start hooking or after you have made considerable
progress. Just make sure you sew it on before you get to close to the outside edge.
Place the tape on the top side of your backing so that the outer edge of the tape is aligned with the outer edge of the drawn pattern. Sew by hand or machine, stitching as close to the edge as possible. Ease your tape around the corner so that you will be able to turn the back of the rug and miter the corner when the hooking is complete. If you don’t want to miter the corners, you can sew a separate strip of binding tape to each side of the rug. Make sure you leave at least 1” extra at the ends of each strip for finishing.
Hook your outside row as close as possible to the binding tape. When hooking is complete, cut away the backing just beyond the stay stitching. Fold the binding back, miter corners, and sew the binding tape to the back of the rug with heavy duty thread.

Next week I will go into the whipping process for rug hooking.
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