DIY Chevron Print Bow Wall Art

While on Pinterest I came across a picture of a really cute canvas wall art. I clicked on it and it brought me to an Etsy shop. Frustrated, I decided to try to make something similar myself and this is what I came up with. Click here for my inspiration.

Part 1: Make Your Bow

Materials:

Fabric (Scraps or Fat Quarters will work great)

Thick ribbon

Fabric Shears

Rotary Cutter and Mat (Optional)

Ruler

Thread

Sewing Machine

Step 1:

Fold the fabric in half, measure and draw an 8 inch by 10 inch rectangle, and cut out the rectangle. You will now have two identical sized rectangles.

Step 2:

Using your sewing machine, straight stitch all the way around the rectangle pieces. Make sure they are right sides together. I used a quarter of an inch seam allowance.

Step 3:

Find and mark the very center of the fabric.

Step 4:

Cut one piece of the fabric at the mark you made in step 3. Make the cut about an inch deep, bigger if you are making a bigger bow. You need to make sure that you do not cut all the way through both sides of the fabric.

Step 5:

Pull the fabric right side out through the slit that you just made.

Step 6:

Pinch the fabric in the middle to make it look like a bow.

Step 7:

Wrap the ribbon around the pinched part of the fabric and keep it held tight.

Step 8:

Sew a straight stitch on the ribbon to keep it holding the bow together.

Step 9:

Cut off the extra piece of ribbon from the bow.

Now your bow is finished!

Part 2: Make the Canvas

Materials:

Blank canvas

Paint

Painters tape

Paint Brush

The bow you made in part one

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Step 1:

Tape off the chevron print on your canvas

Step 2:

Paint around the chevron print

Step 3:

Tear off the tape to reveal your print.

Step 4:

Hot glue the bow to the canvas.

This is going to look super cute in my dorm room!

Link Ups:

http://www.thegirlcreative.com/2012/08/i-heart-chevronparty.html