How-to Make Your Own Chevron Design Upholstery Fabric

A clear tutorial on how to turn striped fabric into a fabulous chevron design by cutting and sewing strips at a 45 degree angle.
Make a large enough piece to recover a vintage chair.

Step 1: Fabric folded at a 45 degree angle

Fold fabric over at a crisp 45 degree angle.

Comments

[angelabchua]

i love this! I tried doing this once, and i was just too impatient and speeding through it and got all sorts of weird puckers in the seams and it just didn't look clean. I agree with below, you make this look easy. And a great i'ble!

[dramirali]

Greetings all, I want to get my work (drawings) know. Any suggestions. The drawings would look really great on fabric

[BeadSpinner]

You sure made it look easy...!

[modhomeecteacher]

If you have any problems,comment back and I'll help any way I can. :)

[modhomeecteacher]

Did you try it? It isn't that easy to line things up right but once you do, it goes quickly.

[BeadSpinner]

I haven't tried it yet - it's just that you made it "look" easy to do.

[Sunbanks]

That's really cool! It looks really nice too.