Cut a strip of paper the same width (or less) than the width of your square punch.
Draw a line along the length of the strip in the middle, then mark equal distances.. this determines the width of your chevrons... I used the marks on the craft mat as a guide. Do this on the wrong side.
Put the strip in the punch diagonally, lining up the centre horizontal line with the corner and the vertical lines with the sides.. punch..discard the punched piece..
Line up the lines on the strip as before and punch...flick the pointed ends of the paper out of the way of the punch or you will cut off the points..... there's your first chevron!
This will work with any size of square punch and any width of paper ( as long as it's not wider than your punch)
15 comments:
I do have chevron punches, but this is super clever and I could have saved myself the expense!
ok so what did you do with them after all that faffing about?:-):-)
really neat
That's so clever. Do show us what you do with them.
Great technique Effie ..... no need for a chevron punch now !!
Great idea, thanks for sharing.
Thank you what a super tutorial :)
brilliant tutorial thank you for that JUST bought a square punch to make the ribbon type ends on the paper strips - but to make chevrons, never thought of that, thanks again.
Thanks for sharing this ~ it is so cool :) and very well explained. Off to dust off my square punches :D
clever !! Thanks :)
great tutorial thanks for sharing. now where is my square punch :)
What a clever idea! I love the patterns you can create with a chevron.
Great use of a square punch!
That is so clever, I love it!
Such a clever idea, off to have a go!
Karen
http://frayedroundtheedges.blogspot.co.uk/
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