Quilting ruler, quilting ruler system, and method of use

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12188163
APP PUB NO 20240018709A1
SERIAL NO

18373844

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Embodiments of the present invention include a quilting ruler to facilitate home embroidery machine user's “quilting-in-the hoop” capabilities. This includes a thin, generally polygonal ruler with apertures for center marking, cross-hair marking, and size marking, as well as perimeters for edge markings to delineate fabric areas for quilting-in-the-hoop. The invention also includes a quilting ruler system with a plurality of such rulers of various dimensions and classes. Finally the invention includes a method of using the quilting rulers to map and extend quilting designs across a fabric area by selecting a quilting ruler, placing it on a fabric at a first fabric location, marking the fabric at the first fabric location through apertures, marking the fabric around the perimeter of the ruler, marking the dimension of the perimeter on the fabric, quilting at the first fabric location, and repeating these steps.

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  • KIMBERBELL KIDS L.L.C.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Christopherson, Kimberly North Logan, US 8 17

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