How To Hang A Rug On The Wall With Velcro

In order to hide the stitching use a thread that is close in color to the rug.

How to hang a rug on the wall with velcro.

Attach the hard side of velcro on a piece of flat wood with the help of a staple gun and stick to the wall. Mark where the screws will be inserted and drill holes. Staple the rough side of the velcro tape to the wood. Cut a piece of thin wood to match the width of the rug.

Then guide your needle carefully through the rug fibers. Get a 2 inch wide velcro. Mount the rug on the wall by aligning both halves of the velcro strip and pressing firmly in place. Cut the board so it is smaller than the width of the tapestry.

To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to. Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood. Next stretch it out left and right and place additional push pins there. Velcro tape consists of two separate strips.

First mark where you want the rug. To hang a round rug on the wall you would use push pins or command strips. This method can be used on heavy weight rugs with success and without causing damage to the rug. Sew the fuzzy soft side of the velcro to your muslin strip and sew the muslin strip directly to the back of your rug with a whip stitch preferably using a carpet thread that matches a color in your rug.

Slide the board into the pocket. Use the velcro method to hang a rug as a tapestry on a wall. Fold the sides of the tapestry back and screw. The hook tape and the loop tape.

Repeat steps 1 4 if necessary to add more velcro in lines down the rug or around the sides. Using velcro to hang your area rug on the wall is currently the method preferred by many museums including the textile museum. Put the top of the rug there and put a push pin or command strip there.