Quilt binding cutting guide
OwnerSandra J. Volkinventor
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Abstract
A quilt binding cutting guide and a method for using it to cut and form low-bulk, angled seams for quilt bindings. The quilt binding generally has a first end and a second end. The cutting guide may comprise a quilt edge line, a right binding cutline, and a left binding cutline, the right binding cutline and the left binding cutline being spaced apart from, and parallel to, each other, and angled with respect to the quilt edge line. To use the guide, a user may position the cutting guide on top of a quilt so that the quilt edge line is directly above a raw edge of the quilt. The user may then use the guide lines on the cutting guide to position and cut the ends of a quilt binding accurately, without measuring or marking.
Claims14
A method of using a cutting guide for cutting a first end and a second end of a quilt binding having a raw binding edge, such that the first end and the second end have a predefined overlap, comprising:
- providing the cutting guide, wherein the cutting guide comprises:
- a self-healing mat;
- a quilt edge line on the mat, usable to align a raw edge of a quilt and the raw binding edge of the quilt binding;
- a right binding cutline on the mat, the right binding cutline having an acute angle to the quilt edge line;
- and
- a left binding cutline on the mat, the left binding cutline being parallel to and spaced apart from the right binding cutline;
- wherein the left binding cutline and the right binding cutline are spaced apart to create the predefined overlap between the first end and the second end of the quilt binding when the first end is cut along the right binding cutline and the second end is cut along the left binding cutline;
- positioning the cutting guide on top of a quilt so that the quilt edge line is directly above a raw edge of the quilt;
- adjusting the position of the cutting guide so that the first end overlaps the right binding cutline when the first end is extended leftward along the raw edge of the quilt, and the second end overlaps the left binding cutline when the second end is extended rightward along the raw edge of the quilt;
- positioning the first end on the cutting guide so that the raw binding edge proximate the first end is aligned along the quilt edge line;
- cutting the first end along the right binding cutline;
- positioning the second end on the cutting guide so that the raw binding edge proximate the second end is aligned along the quilt edge line;
- and
- cutting the second end along the left binding cutline.
A method of using a cutting guide for cutting a first end and a second end of a quilt binding having a raw binding edge, such that the first end and the second end have a predefined overlap, comprising:
- providing the cutting guide, wherein the cutting guide comprises:
- a self-healing mat;
- a quilt edge line on the mat, usable to align a raw edge of a quilt and the raw binding edge of the quilt binding;
- a right binding cutline on the mat, the right binding cutline having forming an angle of 45° to the quilt edge line;
- a left binding cutline on the mat, the left binding cutline being parallel to and spaced apart from the right binding cutline;
- a right dog ear cutline and a left dog ear cutline, each dog ear cutline being perpendicular to the quilt edge line, wherein the right dog ear cutline intersects the right binding cutline and is usable to guide in the cutting of a tip of the first end off along the right dog ear cutline, and wherein the left dog ear cutline intersects the left binding cutline and is usable to guide in the cutting of a tip of the second end off along the left dog ear cutline;
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- a left dog ear guideline, the left dog ear guideline being parallel to and spaced apart from the quilt edge line, wherein the left dog ear guideline is usable to align an edge of the binding for cutting a dog ear on the second end;
- wherein the left binding cutline and the right binding cutline are spaced apart by about 7/16″ to create the predefined overlap between the first end and the second end of the quilt binding when the first end is cut along the right binding cutline and the second end is cut along the left binding cutline;
- positioning the cutting guide on top of a quilt so that the quilt edge line is directly above a raw edge of the quilt;
- adjusting the position of the cutting guide so that the first end overlaps the right binding cutline when the first end is extended leftward along the raw edge of the quilt, and the second end overlaps the left binding cutline when the second end is extended rightward along the raw edge of the quilt;
- positioning the first end on the cutting guide so that the raw binding edge proximate the first end is aligned along the quilt edge line;
- cutting the first end along the right binding cutline;
- positioning the second end on the cutting guide so that the raw binding edge proximate the second end is aligned along the quilt edge line;
- and
- cutting the second end along the left binding cutline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.