Cutting guide with seam allowance recess
View Patent ↗A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.
1. A method of cutting a piece of material, comprising:
a) obtaining a piece of material, said piece of material including a first piece of material different from a second piece of material joined at a seam having a seam allowance with a width which extends between said seam and an edge of each of said first piece of material and said second piece of material;
b) obtaining a cutting guide, including:
i) a body having a generally square or rectangular configuration, said body having a top surface disposed in opposed relation to a bottom surface, said body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along each of four sides of said body; and
ii) a seam allowance recess disposed in said bottom surface of said body, said seam allowance recess having a width defined by location of a pair of linear opposed sides disposed in generally parallel relation a distance apart, said seam allowance recess having a depth defined by location of a cross member coupled between said pair of linear opposed sides, said seam allowance recess providing a passage between diagonally opposite corners of said body with one of said pair of linear opposed sides of said recess disposed on a diagonal axis which intersects a pair of opposed corners of said rectangular body, said seam allowance recess configured to receive said seam and said width of said seam allowance entirely between said pair of linear opposed sides;
c) directly engaging said bottom surface of said cutting guide with said first and second pieces of material to locate said seam and said width of said seam allowance entirely between said pair of linear opposed sides of said seam allowance recess, said first and second pieces of material extending beyond said four sides of said body of said cutting guide;
d) abutting said one of said pair of linear opposed sides of said seam allowance recess disposed on said diagonal axis which intersects said pair of opposed corners of said rectangular body against said seam;
e) guiding a cutting tool along each of said four sides of said cutting guide; and
f) cutting said piece of material with said cutting tool guided along each of said four sides of said cutting guide.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of folding said seam allowance to one side of said seam to locate said seam and said width of said seam allowance entirely between said pair of linear opposed sides of said seam allowance recess.