How-to Make Your Own Chevron Design Upholstery Fabric

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.
 
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Step 1Fabric folded at a 45 degree angle

Fabric folded at a 45 degree angle
Fold fabric over at a crisp 45 degree angle.
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6 comments
Aug 24, 2009. 11:46 PMdramirali says:
Greetings all, I want to get my work (drawings) know. Any suggestions. The drawings would look really great on fabric
Aug 1, 2008. 10:39 AMBeadSpinner says:
You sure made it look easy...!
Aug 1, 2008. 1:33 PMBeadSpinner says:
I haven't tried it yet - it's just that you made it "look" easy to do.
Jul 19, 2008. 11:35 PMSunbanks says:
That's really cool! It looks really nice too.

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Furniture, fabric, architecture, building, painting. I specialize in upholstery design, restyling, repurposing and recycling. I write a weekly DIY Column for The Indianapolis Star and I teach loads o...
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