There's a new thought up over at Thinking Through Design on Chevron Patterns. I was excited when I saw this thought as there is an amazing tutorial by Julia Stainton on how to make a big chevron. It did take me a little bit of time and to be honest I was too lazy to glue each piece down on the back so I decided to sew instead and am very happy with the results. Since the chevron is such a fun pattern I knew I wanted my theme to be about a fun day and this goofy photo was perfect. I then created 3 big chevrons and staggered them at the bottom trying to keep the bottom of my layout from being too heavy. I then created a smaller version by cutting all of the dimensions in half for the top to help balance it out. I had a great time creating this for the thought and hope you'll give it a try. Here is my take on the challenge:
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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