When I saw this fabric, it just screamed ‘you need to make chevrons!’ So I did.
The hardest part of making the chevrons was figuring out how to make the chevrons. Because I couldn’t find any lined paper, I grabbed a sheet of blank paper, and quickly drew some lines on it, then cut it at an angle to see if rotating it would give me chevrons. And I’m really grateful I did, because here’s the answer: if you just cut all of your strips parallel, when you rotate them, the stripes will still be the same way, and won’t give you chevrons.
So, I tried again, this time folding the paper in half before cutting my strips.
This way, it actually worked, and I ended up with fancy chevrons!
I was using an apron I received for Christmas as my pattern, so I measured the widest point. I divided the width by 6 to get the width of my chevrons.
So, I did the same thing to my fabric: folded it in half, marked lines evenly, and cut along them.
Then, taking alternating top and bottom pieces, I sewed them together to get my chevron patterned fabric. I then ironed all the seams open, so the fabric sat flat.
The edges do end up a little uneven though.
I placed my apron-pattern on, and lining up the edges with the edge of a chevron seam, cut out one from the chevron fabric, and one from the polka-dot backing fabric.
I made straps out of the polka dot backing fabric, and sewed them in place. I sewed a hand pleated ruffle of polka dots on the bottom edge.
I added the straps and the double d-ring to create an adjustable neck strap.
Then, I sewed the backing and front together, clipped the curves, turned the apron right sides out, and top stitched around the edges.
Lastly, I added a pocket, using more of the chevron fabric. I decided to continue the line of the chevrons, so that the pocket chevrons actually go in the opposite direction to the chevrons on the main apron.
I’m very happy with how this one turned out.
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