Patent ID: 6860211

Claim:
A guide for making non-linear stitching patterns on a workpiece using a long arm quilting machine, the quilting machine having a sewing head mounted on a movable set of sewing head tracks, the sewing head tracks disposed orthogonally upon a fixed set of machine bed tracks installed along opposite edges of a machine bed, the guide comprising: a crossmember having a first end and a second end opposite said first end; a position lock disposed upon said crossmember adapted for securing said crossmember adjustably between the machine bed tracks; an extension arm secured to said crossmember, the extension arm being adjustable linearly and radially, the extension arm having a template attachment end; an extension arm locking mechanism adjustably securing the extension arm to said crossmember; at least one template adjustably and removably secured to the template attachment end of the extension arm, the at least one template having at least one stylus pin receptacle formed therein; and a vertically positionable stylus adapted for being immovably affixed horizontally to the machine head, the stylus selectively engaging the at least one stylus pin receptacle of the at least one template.