Tear Away Quilting Template
OwnerPatricia Ritterinventor
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Abstract
The present invention teaches a tear away quilting template system comprising a row template and at least one corner template. The row template and at least one corner template each feature a solid line pattern and a dashed line pattern. The dashed line pattern is designed to match and correspond with portions of the solid line pattern.
Claims25
A quilting template comprising:
- a generally rectangular translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- a first border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first axis and a second border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first border line;
- a first lined pattern on the translucent paper positioned between the first border line and the second border line;
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- a second lined pattern on the translucent paper generally aligned with the first axis and positioned, at least partially, between the first border line and a first edge of the translucent paper nearest the first border line wherein the second lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern.
A method of applying a tear away quilting template to a fabric comprising the steps of:
- a. obtaining at least two row templates, each row template comprising:
- a generally rectangular translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- a first border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first axis and a second border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first border line;
- a first lined pattern on the translucent paper positioned between the first border line and the second border line;
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- a second lined pattern on the translucent paper generally aligned with the first axis and positioned, at least partially, between the first border line and the first edge of the translucent paper nearest the first border line wherein the second lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
- b. positioning a first row template on the fabric and attaching to the fabric with an adhesive;
- c. aligning a second row template over the first row template wherein at least a portion of the first lined pattern of the first row template overlaps and aligns with the second lined pattern of the second row template;
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- d. applying an adhesive to attach the second row template to the first row template and fabric.
A method of applying a tear away quilting template to a fabric comprising the steps of:
- a. obtaining at least two row templates, each row template comprising:
- a generally rectangular translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge, a first border line parallel to the first axis, and a second border line parallel to the first border line;
- a first lined pattern on the translucent paper positioned between the first border line and the second border line;
- a second lined pattern on the translucent paper aligned with the first axis and positioned at least partially between the first border line and a first edge of the translucent paper nearest the first border line wherein the second lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
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- wherein the first lined pattern further comprises a first portion positioned nearest the third edge and a second portion positioned nearest the fourth edge wherein the first portion matches with at least a portion of the second portion,
- b. positioning a first row template on the fabric and attaching to the fabric with an adhesive;
- c. aligning a second row template over the first row template wherein at least a portion of the first portion of the first row template overlap and align with the second portion of the second row template;
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- d. applying an adhesive to attach the second row template to the first row template and fabric.
A quilting template system comprising:
- a row template comprising:
- a generally rectangular translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- a first border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first axis and a second border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first border line;
- a first lined pattern on the translucent paper positioned between the first border line and the second border line;
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- a second lined pattern on the translucent paper generally aligned with the first axis and positioned, at least partially, between the first border line and the first edge of the translucent paper nearest the first border line wherein the second lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
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- a first corner template comprising:
- a generally rectangular second translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- an “L” shaped first border line on the second translucent paper having a first leg aligned with the first axis and a second leg aligned with the second axis and an “L” shaped second border line on the second translucent paper having a first leg aligned with the first axis and a second leg aligned with the second axis wherein the L” shaped first border line is parallel to the “L” shaped second border line and the distance between the first leg of the “L” shaped first border line and the first leg of the “L” shaped second border line is equal to the distance between the second leg of the “L” shaped first border line and the second leg of the “L” shaped second border line;
- a third lined pattern on the second translucent paper positioned between the “L” shaped first border line and the “L” shaped second border line;
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- a fourth lined pattern on the second translucent paper positioned between the “L” shaped first border line and the “L” shaped second border line and generally between the third lined pattern and the first edge of the second translucent paper wherein the fourth lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
- wherein the distance between the first border line and a second border line of the first row template is equal to the distance between the first leg of the “L” shaped first border line of the first corner template and the first leg of the “L” shaped second border line of the first corner template.
A method of applying a tear away quilting template to a fabric comprising the steps of:
- a. obtaining a row template comprising:
- a generally rectangular translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- a first border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first axis and a second border line on the translucent paper parallel to the first border line;
- a first lined pattern on the translucent paper positioned between the first border line and the second border line;
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- a second lined pattern on the translucent paper generally aligned with the first axis and positioned, at least partially, between the first border line and the first edge of the translucent paper nearest the first border line wherein the second lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
- b. obtaining a corner template comprising:
- a generally rectangular second translucent paper having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, a third edge, a fourth edge opposing the third edge, a first axis parallel with the first edge and the second edge, and a second axis perpendicular to the first edge and parallel to the third edge and fourth edge;
- an “L” shaped first border line on the second translucent paper having a first leg aligned with the first axis and a second leg aligned with the second axis and an “L” shaped second border line on the second translucent paper having a first leg aligned with the first axis and a second leg aligned with the second axis wherein the L” shaped first border line is parallel to the “L” shaped second border line and the distance between the first leg of the “L” shaped first border line and the first leg of the “L” shaped second border line is equal to the distance between the second leg of the “L” shaped first border line and the second leg of the “L” shaped second border line;
- a third lined pattern on the second translucent paper positioned between the “L” shaped first border line and the “L” shaped second border line;
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- a fourth lined pattern on the second translucent paper positioned between the “L” shaped first border line and the “L” shaped second border line and generally between the third lined pattern, and the first edge of the second translucent paper wherein the fourth lined pattern matches at least a portion of the first lined pattern;
- wherein the distance between the first border line and a second border line of the first row template is equal to the distance between the first leg of the “L” shaped first border line of the second corner template and the first leg of the “L” shaped second border line of the second corner template;
- c. positioning the corner template at a corner of the fabric and attaching to the fabric with an adhesive;
- d. aligning the row template with the corner template wherein at least a portion of the first lined pattern overlaps and aligns with the fourth lined pattern of the corner template;
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- e. applying an adhesive to attach the row template to the corner template and fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.