# US 4,395,964 A · Method of making patchwork articles

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- Number: US 4,395,964 A
- Document ID: US4395964A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/271,421
- Filed: 1981-06-08
- Granted: 1983-08-02
- Earliest claimed: 1981-06-08
- Inventors: Marjory A. Warren
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395964A

## CPC

- D05B 97/12: for attaching patches or like small pieces of fabric
- G03G 15/6591: {characterised by the recording material, e.g. plastic material, OHP, ceramics, tiles, textiles (details transferring the toner pattern onto particular materials G03G15/1625)}
- G03G 2215/00527: Fabrics, e.g. textiles
- D05B: SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

A method of making patchwork articles includes the steps of drawing the overall pattern of the patchwork article onto a sheet of paper to produce a master drawing which is an overall pattern of visible lines. The master drawing is then reproduced on flexible paper, preferably tracing paper, which is then cut along the visible lines to form individual paper patterns. Each of the paper patterns is used as a guide for cutting a fabric piece which is of the same general shape as the paper pattern but slightly enlarged on all sides to form a border. The borders of each fabric piece are folded over the paper pattern from which the piece was cut and the borders are held to the paper pattern by temporary stitching. The individual fabric pieces are then joined together using the numbers or other indicia on the paper patterns as a guide, so that the joining of the fabric pieces corresponds in overall design to the original overall design as drawn on the paper. The temporary stitches and the paper patterns are then removed from the patchwork article.

## Claims

### Claim 1

The method of making patchwork articles from pieces of textile fabric, including the steps in the named sequence of:
(a) forming an overall design in visible lines on flexible paper, the visible lines forming a large plurality of closed geometric shapes whose borders are common, the said overall design corresponding in shape, size and design to the final patchwork article,
(b) marking visible indicia of location in the overall pattern on each of said closed shapes,
(c) cutting along the lines to form a plurality of individual paper patterns each being a closed shape,
(d) using each of the said paper patterns to cut one fabric piece, each piece having a border which extends entirely around and beyond the paper pattern from which it was cut, folding the borders of said fabric piece over the edges of said paper pattern, and joining each fabric piece by temporary stitches to the paper pattern from which it was cut,
(e) joining the fabric pieces based upon the indicia on the paper patterns to duplicate in the patchwork article the pattern of the original overall pattern, and
(f) removing the temporary stitches and paper patches from the fabric pieces.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the overall design is formed by multiple duplication of a design drawn on paper.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the paper patterns and the fabric pieces are temporarily secured by pins prior to cutting the fabric.