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US 8,408,150 B1Granted
Sewing aid
OwnerTenna M. Ragan, Sherry L. Sandlininventors
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Abstract
A sewing tool is provided which has a plurality of apertures therein, each of which is trapezoidal in shape. The apertures are different sizes with respect to one another, each to be used for a different size box-bottom sewn item, such as a tote bag. A method of using such a sewing tool to create an item such as a box-bottom tote bag is also provided.
Claims13
A sewing aid for making a box-bottom item, comprising:
- a substantially rigid implement having at least three peripheral edges and a plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures therein, each one of the plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures sized to receive a corner of a fabric member comprised of two pieces of fabric sewn together, and each one of the plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures having a length dimension, the implement having a central visible line which is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the length dimensions of the plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures and adjacent the plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures for aligning the fabric member received in one of the plurality of trapezoidal-shaped apertures.
A method for creating a box-bottom of a sewn item, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a first piece of fabric and a second piece of fabric, each of the first and second pieces of fabric having at least three edges;
- (b) providing a sewing aid having an aperture therein with a straight bottom;
- (c) sewing the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric along three edges of at least one of the pieces of fabric to create a fabric member having a first seam and a second seam joined to define one corner of a pair of corners defined by the first and second pieces of fabric;
- (d) separating the first piece of fabric from the second piece of fabric enough to align the first seam and the second seam front-to-back;
- (e) extending the fabric member, corner first, through the aperture;
- (f) engaging the fabric member to create a mark on the fabric member using the straight bottom of the aperture;
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- (g) sewing the fabric member using the mark as a guide.
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