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Any advice? A customer has just brought me a small (40 x 60 cm) rug depicting the Armenian alphabet. She would like a baton top and bottom hung by a chain. The carpet is rather thick and I am wondering how to attach it to the baton - sewing through the rug and around the baton seems the most obvious option offering no damage in the long term, but it is going to be tough & I am worried that the baton may slip horizontally over time. Tacks through the carpet into the baton would be the easier but I am worried about rusting over time, as is the customer.

Any thoughts gratefully received!

We have a garment alteration business up the road from us and I usually have the customer go and see them as to the best means of attaching some fabric to the reverse of the rug at the top so that a rod can be inserted, thereby enabling the rug to be hung

We do this, whether the rug is to be hung "as is" or incorporated into a frame unit - either way the rug rarely moves once the rod is inserted

Ross

Ah good plan - thanks for that!