So this month I decided to join the sew-along with Sew Can She -and it featured a spectacular herringbone pattern from Bijou Lovely Designs {check it out here!} - and I've had *sew* (teeehee) much fun with it! I already have big plans for other items with this pattern. Now, I'm not going to tell you what I'm making yet, I want that to be a surprise, but I do want to share with you the progress I've made!
First I cut my fabrics into strips! I lost count a few times, but I needed a total of 84 strips for the project I'm working on!
Then I lined them up, just like the Bijou tutorial, making sure that I made them mirror images of each other, that way my herringbone pattern alternates directions!
Then I took out my quilting square and trimmed my pieces down to the right size!
Then I sewed the two halves together!
Super easy, right?! Its modern, chevrons are sooooo "in" right now, but its eclectic - you don't have to make each part of the chevron match up if you don't want to - its the perfect use for those scraps that are lying around! I've already started pulling out my scraps that are big enough, I'm going to make a totally random one of these too, just for fun! :)
Will you join in? Its not too late!
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