Quilting or sewing guide

A reusable sewing pattern for achieving hand sewn stitches of a selected controlled length along a selected path at any position in a fabric, which comprises:

• a first substantially rigid template unit fabricated of a durable material to be placed on one surface of such fabric, said first template unit provided with a plurality of perforations therethrough to receive and guide a needle and thread to produce such stitches, said perforations being of a dimension to produce such selected length and arranged along such selected path;
• a second substantially rigid template unit fabricated of a durable material to be placed on an opposite surface of such fabric, said second template unit provided with a plurality of perforations therethrough to receive and guide said needle and thread, said perforations in said second template unit being complimentary to and overlapping spaces between perforations in said first template unit an amount just sufficient for passage of said needle and thread to produce stitches of such selected length arranged along such selected path;
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• fastener means for releasably attaching said first and second template units to such fabric and for accurately aligning said perforations of said first and second template units in said overlapping relationship during the forming of such hand sewn stitches by said needle and thread, said fastener means comprising at least two stud members attached to and extending from one of said template units, the other of said template units provided with apertures for the passage of said stud members therethrough, whereby said overlapping relationship of said perforations in said first and second template units provides for closely receiving said needle and thread at each ends of said perforations and thereby produces such stitches of such controlled length such selected path.