\Held again this year! / RUGMATAG SUMMER TUFTING CONTEST 2025
The crazy summer days are back, just like back then!
~Imagine yourself back in elementary school during summer vacation...
The adult "art challenge" contest has begun!
This is the sixth time the event has been held, and there is no theme and the materials are free.
Relive the feeling of those days when simply "creating" was fun...
Held on RUGMATAG Instagram 📱 You can participate from anywhere in the country!
prize
— Participation Prize —
Everyone will receive a 1,000 yen off coupon that can be used at the RUGMATAG online store ( *1)
— Creative Rag Award —
RUGMATAG's most creative works include:
🧶Get a free tufting yarn set or a tufting gun!🔫(※2)
— Best Performance Award —
During the contest period, the story that receives the most likes on the RUGMATAG account will also be awarded.
🧶Get a free tufting yarn set or a tufting gun!🔫(※2)
[Tufting Yarn Set (Select from below)]
① Wool yarn (500g x 8 rolls) [List price ¥35,200]
②MB210 Acrylic Yarn (250g x 15 rolls) [List price ¥33,000]
*Color can be selected
[1 tufting gun (choose from below)]
③AK-1 (cut pile) 10mm / 16mm
④AK-2 (loop pile)
*Color can be selected
Participation benefits details
*1: About the 1,000 yen off coupon
- Available for purchases of 10,000 yen or more (tax included)
- We will send you a coupon code via Instagram DM within one week of posting.
- Expiration date: End of February 2026
*2: Regarding prize selection
- Choose from a yarn set (wool or MB210) or a tufting gun (AK-1 or AK-2)
- We will ask for your preference via Instagram DM after the results are announced on September 15th.
- The number of likes is the cumulative total up to September 10th.
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Contest Overview
■ Schedule
Application period: July 5th (Sat) - August 31st (Sun), 2025
Results announcement: Monday, September 15 , 2025
■ Entry qualifications
・The work must have used the "tufting technique" at least in part.
・It is not a private Instagram account.
■ Number of applications
Only 1 submission (1 work)
■ How to enter
Please post on Instagram after fulfilling all of the following ① to ③.
① Tag @rugmatag in your photo (in the image, not in the caption)
② Include the title of the work, a description of the work, and the yarn used in the caption.
③ Use the hashtag #rugmatag_stc2025
▼Posting example (caption)
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Work name:〇〇
Work description: XX~
Yarn used: MB210 acrylic yarn for tufting
#rugmatag_stc2025
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Precautions
- Only regular still image posts are eligible. Please refrain from posting reels or videos only.
- Derivative works that involve copyright or works that use designs by others (characters, brand logos, etc.) are not eligible to participate.
Submitted works will be featured on our official Instagram in stories and highlights!
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Think, create and present.
Let's once again have a summer that we can get absorbed in like back then...
Let's enjoy the "Summer of Creativity" with friends from all over the country 🌻🎨🧶
