If you’ve seen videos, reels, tik toks and more on how rugs are made and are dying to give it a try you’re in the right place. We have a list of the best tufting classes in Los Angeles where you will get all the knowledge needed to start this new way of creating art pieces. Keep reading this article and we will tell you everything you need to know to sign up for one. Remember that you don’t need experience to start with this beautiful and new art.
Magic Carpets
Led by AJ who is a Los Angeles based designer and educator, who found in tufting a new way of dream and create. She has a youtube account with which he teaches about tufting, gives tips, shows the process and more. Apart from that, she started with zoom classes and workshops in her studio in Los Angeles. The rug tufting workshop is set up with frames for one person, tufting gun (loop pile or cut pile), wool yarn, fabric, etc., you will learn the tufting basics such as placing the fabric on the frame, operate the tufting gun, try different tools for trimming and backing your piece, all of these in 6 hours.
Price
$250
Location
Highland Park | Los Angeles, CA (address sent with ticket upon purchase)
Hours
Check her website because workshops are given certain days of the months
Contact
- Instagram: @magiccarpets.co
- Email: [email protected]
- Web: https://magiccarpets.co/
Tuft The World
TTW is a well known brand focus in tufting. It sells supplies like tufting guns, clippers, cotton yarn, wool yarn, fabrics (primary and backing) and they have not missed the opportunity to conduct workshops on rug making. These workshops are given in Philadelphia where their headquarters are located in but throughout the year they have been offering classes around the United States so we highly recommend following them on instagram so you don’t miss any updates about the workshops. Also they sell an online course for $99, you can check it here.
Price
$225 – $250 depending on the city. It includes all the supplies and a small frame you can take home
Location
Depends on the city
Hours
Check their website because they have specific dates for the workshops
Contact
- Instagram: @tuft_the_world
- Email: [email protected]
- Web: https://tuftinggun.com/
As you can see there aren’t so many rug tufting workshops in Los Angeles but we leave you this very complete video about everything you need to know to make rugs!