Method and device for sewing designs
OwnerBetty A. Blandinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for guiding a hopping foot across material in a desired pattern using a manually positionable longarm sewing machine, the device having a rigid guide arm with opposing first and second planar sides, a plurality of notches formed in the edges of the guide arm, and at least one attachment point for mounting on the material. The attachment point can be a circular opening, and an anchor point in the form of a temporary disc affixed to the material is sized and shaped to be slidably received within the circular opening to provide a pivot point for rotation of the guide arm, and the notches are sized and shaped to slidably receive the hopping foot of the longarm sewing machine to guide the hopping foot across the surface of the material.
Claims16
An assembly for guiding a line of stitching across the surface of material in a desired pattern using a sewing or quilting machine, the assembly comprising:
- a rigid guide arm having opposing first and second sides, one of which comprises a planar working surface structured to bear against the surface of the material, the guide arm having an elongate configuration with opposing edges, the guide arm including:
- a plurality of notches formed in at least one edge of the opposing edges, at least one of the notches structured to engage a ruler foot on the sewing machine;
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- at least one attachment point on the guide arm;
- a stabilizing pin;
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- an anchor member structured to be releasably coupled to the material and to be releasably coupled to the guide arm at the attachment point to provide a pivot point for the guide arm to rotate about the anchor member, the anchor member including a prong extending therefrom, the prong having a notch sized and shaped to receive the stabilizing pin and lock the prong and the anchor member in place on the material.
An system for use with cloth material, comprising:
- a template having at least one engagement point on the template;
- a stabilizing pin;
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- an anchor member structured to be releasably coupled to the fabric material and to be releasably engaged with the engagement point on the template to provide a pivot point for the template to rotate about the anchor member when the anchor member is attached to the fabric material, the anchor member including a prong extending therefrom, the prong having a notch sized and shaped to receive the stabilizing pin and lock the prong and the anchor member in place on the material.
An anchoring apparatus for anchoring a template having an engagement point to fabric material, the apparatus comprising:
- a stabilizing pin;
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- an anchor member structured to be releasably coupled to the fabric material and to be releasably engaged with the engagement point on the template to provide a pivot point for the template to rotate about the anchor member when the anchor member is attached to the fabric material, the anchor member including a prong extending therefrom, the prong having a notch sized and shaped to receive the stabilizing pin and lock the prong and the anchor member in place on top of the fabric material.
A template, comprising:
- an elongate body having first and second mutually opposing ends and first and second elongate sides, a front face and a mutually opposing planar back face;
- a first arm extending in a first direction from the first side of the body, the first arm having a first side edge formed at an obtuse angle to the first side of the body and a second side edge formed at an acute angle to the body;
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- a second arm extending in a second direction from the first end of the body, the first arm having a first side edge formed at an acute angle to the second side of the body and a second side edge formed at an obtuse angle to the body;
- a first foot formed on the first arm;
- a second foot formed on the second arm;
- a third foot formed on the second end of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.