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 workshop in Texas 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.
Sam Lao
Sam Lao is a multidisciplinary artist based in Dallas, Texas. Lao’s work has gone through different stages and genres, from mural design to the creation of textile pieces using tufting. Sam has innovated by making it possible for people viewing his exhibits to touch them, leaving behind the old adage “no touching” in art exhibitions. Lao has a youtube account. Lao has a youtube account where she teaches about tufting, making comparisons between materials such as fabric, glue, showing his studio and more.
Sam usually does beginners tufting workshops with a duration of six hours. This hours cover how to operate a cut pile tufting gun, how to set up a frame, how to tuft, finish and back the rug, you will leave with your final piece and knowing how to build a frame and a list of resources. All materials all included and lunch too!
Note: these tufting workshops are not given all months of the year, for that we recommend you follow Sam so you receive a notification when a new one is published
Price
$250
Duration
6 hours
Location
Sam Lao’s studio located in Dallas, Texas (address sent after purchase)
Hours
Check her website or instagram accout because workshops are given certain months
Contact
- Instagram: @thesamlao
- Web: sammadethat.com
Habibi Bazaar
Lebanese brand founded by designer Pamela El Gregi in 2021, its goal is representing through art the Southwest Asian and North African community. Habibi Bazaar often offers tufting workshops for beginners in Houston, Texas. In these workshops you will leave with a rug or wall hanging of 24 x 24 inch and information on how start tufting in home. In six hours you will learn how to set up a frame, stretch the cloth, how to operate the machines and how to trim, cut, glue and back your tufted piece. Remember you will be supervised throughout the whole session.
Price
$250
What’s included?
- All equipment required: projector, frame, cloth, yarn, tufting gun, trimming clippers, scissors.
- Snacks and drinks
Location
Arlo Buffalo Heights, 225 South Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX 77007
Hours
Check her website because they have specific dates for the workshops
Contact
- Instagram: @habibibazaar
- Web: habibibazaar.com
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. On july 2022 they made a workshop in Austin so follow them so you get a notification when TTW plan another tufting class.
Price
$99 online course
$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/