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.

Fold fabric over at a crisp 45 degree angle.

Cut along the fold of fabric. Now the larger piece, cut on the diagonal is ready to cut strips.

Place your rectangular pattern,which will be one side of the chevron design, on your fabric, making sure to keep it lined up on the diagonal. Determine where the top corner will be placed on each cut of fabric. Cut as many strips running in this direction as you want and then move down your fabric yardage and reverse the angle and cut the same amount of strips. You want enough to make up approximately a 54" wide piece of upholstery fabric.

Line up all cut panels, forming chevron design.

There has to be oodles of pins to make the stripes line up evenly, ready for stitching.

This black contraption that comes down the back of the presser foot is the walking foot. It's a lifesaver. It pulls the top and bottom fabrics through at an even rate.

Stitch panels. With your hands, keep an even amount of pressure on fabric behind presser foot and fabric ready to be stitched to help seams be sewn flat and smooth.

Press all seams open to flatten. Since seams are sewn on bias cut strips, they tend "cup". They need to be pressed and steamed flat.

An ample piece of upholstery fabric in a modern chevron design just begging to be on a chair.