Patent ID: 7730842
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: D05B,D06H

Abstract:
1. 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; and 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.