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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. 4:56 PM

modhomeecteacher (author) says:

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

Aug 1, 2008. 12:24 PM

modhomeecteacher (author) says:

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

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 PM

Sunbanks 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...