Quilting template and methods
OwnerSharon Sebrowinventor
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Abstract
A template and a method guide a cutting tool during cutting of a quilt block having a selected one of at least two alternate kaleidoscope patterns from a quilting blank having a given pattern of sections seamed together along seam lines intersecting at a common seam origin. The template provides right angle corners and obtuse angle corners for accommodating the alternate kaleidoscope patterns, and includes cutting guides and registration indicators which when registered with seam lines of the quilting blank locate one or more of the cutting guides for cutting one or more segments of the border of a selected kaleidoscope pattern. Indexing of the template and the quilting blank relative to one another relocates the cutting guides for cutting further segments of the border to complete the selected kaleidoscope pattern.
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A template for guiding a cutting tool during cutting of a quilt block having a selected one of at least two alternate kaleidoscope patterns from a quilting blank having a given pattern of sections seamed together along seam lines intersecting at a common seam origin, the selected kaleidoscope pattern having a prescribed peripheral border, the template comprising:
- a plate having a peripheral edge including a plurality of cutting guides extending along the peripheral edge, the peripheral edge including at least two right angle corners and at least four obtuse angle corners;
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- at least two adjacent registration indicators on the plate, the registration indicators being arrayed circumferentially about a template origin and spaced apart in circumferential directions such that upon first registering the two adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with two adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank, at least one cutting guide will be located for guiding the cutting tool along a cut line corresponding to a segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern, and upon indexing the plate and the quilting blank relative to one another to register the two adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with another two adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank, the one cutting guide will be relocated for guiding the cutting tool along another cut line corresponding to another segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern.
A method for guiding a cutting tool during cutting of a quilt block having a selected one of at least two alternate kaleidoscope patterns from a quilting blank having a given pattern of sections seamed together along seam lines intersecting at a common seam origin, the selected kaleidoscope pattern having a prescribed peripheral border, the method comprising:
- providing a template having a peripheral edge including a plurality of cutting guides extending along the peripheral edge, the peripheral edge including right angle corners and obtuse angle corners, and at least two adjacent registration indicators on the template, the registration indicators being arrayed circumferentially about a common template origin and spaced apart in circumferential directions;
- registering the two adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with two adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank to locate at least one cutting guide along a cut line corresponding to a first segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
- guiding the cutting tool along the cutting guide to cut the first segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
- indexing the template and the quilting blank relative to one another to register the two adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with another two adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank to relocate the one cutting guide along a second cut line corresponding to a second segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
- guiding the cutting tool along the cutting guide to cut the second segment of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
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- repeating the aforesaid indexing and cutting until the quilt block is complete.
A method for guiding a cutting tool during cutting of a quilt block having a selected one of at least two alternate kaleidoscope patterns from a quilting blank having a given pattern of sections seamed together along seam lines intersecting at a common seam origin, the selected kaleidoscope pattern having a prescribed peripheral border, the method comprising:
- providing a template having a peripheral edge including a plurality of cutting guides extending along the peripheral edge, the peripheral edge including right angle corners and obtuse angle corners, the cutting guides including at least some cutting guides extending between adjacent obtuse angle corners, and adjacent registration indicators on the template, the registration indicators being arrayed circumferentially about a common template origin and spaced apart in circumferential directions;
- registering adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank to locate the some cutting guides along cut lines corresponding to segments of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
- guiding the cutting tool along the some cutting guides to cut segments of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
- indexing the template and the quilting blank relative to one another to register adjacent registration indicators and the template origin respectively with further adjacent seam lines and the seam origin of the quilting blank to relocate the some cutting guides along further cut lines corresponding to further segments of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern;
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- guiding the cutting tool along the some cutting guides to cut the further segments of the border of the selected kaleidoscope pattern.
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