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US 6,944,963 B2Granted
Pattern-profile measuring device
OwnerLily Marie Amaruinventor
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Abstract
This invention pertains to the art of methods and apparatuses associated with measuring and profile tools utilized in crafts, particularly in the design of quilts. More specifically, the invention provides an improved measuring tool that incorporates a variety of undulating profiles and is useful in the construction of quilts of other items of craftsmanship that incorporate non-linear, undulating, curving or wavy profiles.
Claims13
An apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid body having a longitudinal axis, at least a first non-linear edge having a first wavelength, a second non-linear edge having a second wavelength, said first wavelength being different from said second wavelength, a first aligning gauge line proximate said first non-linear edge, a second aligning gauge line proximate said second non-linear edge, said first aligning gauge line and said second aligning gauge line being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said first non-linear edge adapted to be used to make a portion of an associated fabric pattern, wherein the fabric portion has an edge such that the shape of the fabric portion edge resembles said first non-linear edge, wherein said first non-linear edge is adapted to be used to make associated fabric blocks for the fabric pattern, said shape of the fabric portion edge resembling said first non-linear edge is adapted to be visible in the fabric block, wherein said first aligning gauge line and said second aligning gauge line are adapted to aid in positioning said body relative to the fabric portion so as to form consistently sized non-linear patterns in the fabric block.
A method for making a fabric pattern, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a pattern measuring device comprising a rigid body having a longitudinal axis, a first non-linear edge having a first wavelength and a second non-linear edge of having a second wavelength, said first wavelength and second wavelength being different, a first aligning gauge line proximate said first non-linear edge, a second aligning gauge line proximate said second non-linear edge, said first aligning gauge line and said second aligning gauge line being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- (b) providing pieces of fabric, each of said pieces having an edge;
- (c) cutting at least two pieces of said fabric;
- (d) overlapping the edges of the two pieces of fabric a predetermined amount such that the edge of the first piece of fabric is underneath the second piece of fabric and the edge of the second piece of fabric is on top of the first piece of fabric;
- (e) positioning said first non-linear edge of said pattern measuring device over said fabric such that said first aligning gauge line is coincident with the edge of the second piece of fabric;
- (f) cutting said fabric along said first non-linear edge such that said fabric edges have a non-linear pattern;
- (g) mating said non-linear edge of said first piece of fabric with said non-linear edge of said second piece of fabric;
- (h) sewing said non-linear edges together;
- (i) forming a visible seam between said non-linear edges;
- (j) repeating steps (c) to (i) to form a block of fabric using only said first non-linear edge of said pattern measuring device;
- (k) forming a plurality of fabric blocks;
- and
- (l) sewing said fabric blocks together to create a fabric pattern having a visible non-linear pattern.
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A method for making a quilt, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a pattern measuring device comprising a rigid body having a longitudinal axis, a first non-linear edge having a first wavelength and a second non-linear edge of having a second wavelength, said first wavelength and second wavelength being different, a first aligning gauge line proximate said first non-linear edge, a second aligning gauge line proximate said second non-linear edge, said first aligning gauge line and said second aligning gauge line being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- (b) providing pieces of fabric, each of said pieces having an edge;
- (c) cutting at least two pieces of fabric;
- (d) overlapping the edges of the two pieces of fabric a predetermined amount such that the edge of the first piece of fabric is underneath the second piece of fabric and the edge of the second piece of fabric is on top of the first niece of fabric;
- (e) positioning said first non-linear edge of said pattern measuring device over said fabric such that said first aligning gauge line is coincident with the edge of the second piece of fabric;
- (f) cutting said fabric along said first non-linear edge such that said fabric edges have a non-linear pattern;
- (g) mating said non-linear edge of said first piece of fabric with said non-linear edge of said second piece of fabric by mating a crest of said first piece of fabric with a trough of said second piece of fabric;
- (h) sewing said non-linear edges together,
- (i) forming a visible seam between said non-linear edges
- (j) repenting steps (c) to (i) to form a block of fabric using only said first non-linear edge of said pattern measuring device;
- (k) forming a plurality of fabric blocks;
- and
- (l) sewing said fabric blocks together to create a quilt having a visible non-linear pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.