Hi everyone. It's Marcy here. Today I'd like to show you how I made my chevron background on a recent layout of mine.
I've wanted to do a layout with a large chevron pattern on it for a long time and I thought it might make a great tutorial.
So, here we go.
1. Start with first selecting the patterned papers that you'd like to use.
I knew, because I wanted my background to be a chevron, I would loose the "white space" that I love. With this in mind I chose similar colored papers.... so that they felt almost monochromatic and flat. If my zig zags were a variety of colors the pattern would've popped even more!
Trim a bunch of pieces into 1"x3" strips. (Here's three. I ended up added a cream cardstock to the mix after I took this photo.)
2. Take two of the same pieces and overlap them so they form an "L".
3. Now trim from the "mountain" to the "valley"...
... so that you snip off two little triangles.
4. Arrange your pieces into the first "zig" of your "zag" and grab another piece. Place this piece off the end of one of the pieces and overlap just like you did earlier.
5. Trim from the "mountain" to the "valley" of these pieces as well. Keep repeating till your pattern is the width you want.
Take a few pieces of another pattern and do all this over again. Keep going with all your patterned pieces.
6. I chose to adhere my pattern to a smaller piece of cardstock... mostly so I could reposition it on my page until it was where I wanted it and because I wanted to sew the strips and felt that it would be easier to maneuver. So, adhere your pieces down.
At this point I sewed the chevron down, curled up the edges and assembled my layout. Here's a closeup of some of the stitching.
And that's it. If you're going to give this tutorial a try I'd love to see how it turns out! Link up in the comment section and post your layout in our gallery so we can check it out!
I could have used this tutorial before making this http://69.195.124.89/~homeren8/category/homemade/
:) Thanks!
Posted by: Merriam | March 15, 2013 at 02:19 PM
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Diane B. | July 01, 2012 at 09:36 PM
Awesome tutorial! Thanks Marcy!
Posted by: Laney | November 09, 2011 at 12:21 PM
This was awesome! I tried it and it worked really great - THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME POST!
Posted by: Katie Scott | September 26, 2011 at 11:35 PM
love the tutorial... TFS!
Posted by: Lyneen | September 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Ooooo thanks! A big twist on our lovely chevron patterns
Posted by: JillT | September 24, 2011 at 08:39 AM
fantastic!
Posted by: Danielle | September 23, 2011 at 10:42 AM
going to do this one and impress some friends - love it thanks
Posted by: Jodester | September 22, 2011 at 01:35 AM
this is just a stunning layout, and im so going to try this out. Thanks so much :)
Posted by: caroline hancock | September 21, 2011 at 04:34 PM
Genius is always found in simplicity!! FABULOUS layout!!! pinned onto my chevron love board!!
Posted by: Michelle | September 20, 2011 at 07:08 PM
this is so brilliant! gonna need to do this!
Posted by: Ursula | September 20, 2011 at 03:55 PM
This is fabulous! I am putting this on my list to try this weekend! Thanks Marcy!
Posted by: Beth Ann | September 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM
I LOVE this and am going to have to give it a try!
Posted by: Becky Williams | September 20, 2011 at 11:06 AM
love it!
Posted by: Monika Wright | September 20, 2011 at 10:27 AM
this is awesome Marcy!
Posted by: Lexi Bridges | September 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM
so fabulous marcy! i love this idea!
Posted by: Lisa Dickinson | September 20, 2011 at 08:30 AM
this is a great tutorial marcy-- love the layout!
Posted by: Jenni Hufford | September 20, 2011 at 08:15 AM
This is awesome! Thanks so much for showing this!
Posted by: Jenny A | September 20, 2011 at 07:44 AM
i love this tutorial! the whole layout's made up of my favourite soft pastel colours (: the paint splats really gives the whole look some character!
Posted by: Juanna | September 20, 2011 at 05:49 AM