Jillian Harrison

For the Love of Tufting

The project that inspires my creativity and brings me happiness is tufting. As someone who spends most of her time either tufting or researching tufting, sometimes I forget most aren’t immersed in it like I am. In fact, I’m learning most people have never even heard of the craft at all. So just in case, let me give you a brief description. Tufting is a textile art that involves using a machine called a tufting gun to continuously push yarn through cloth that’s been stretched across a frame. It’s typically used to make wall hangings and rugs. Simply put the process is: