Patent ID: 8528491

Claim:
A method of quilting comprising; controlling operation of a computer-controlled quilting machine having: a sewing machine; a carriage connected to the sewing machine, the carriage holding a piece of cloth and positioning the cloth so as to enable the sewing machine to sew the cloth; a computer, the computer being disposed in communication with the sewing machine and the carriage so as to control the operation of the sewing machine and so as to control the operation of the carriage to cause the sewing machine to sew a pattern into cloth; a data entry device which allows a user to trace a pattern and thereby electronically transmit the pattern to the computer; the computer tracking movement of the data entry device as the data entry device is used to trace a pattern; the computer creating and storing an electronic pattern sewing file on a computer storage medium for later access, the electronic pattern sewing file comprising two dimensional movement data of the data entry device created while tracing the pattern, and wherein the electronic pattern sewing file lacks stitch coordinate information; and the computer using the electronic pattern sewing file to operate the sewing machine and the carriage to thereby sew the pattern into cloth.