Cutting guide with seam allowance recess

摘要

A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.

主权项

1. A cutting guide, comprising:
a substantially rectangular body having a top surface disposed in opposed relation to a bottom surface, said rectangular body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body, said bottom surface having a substantially flat surface extending to each of said plurality of sides of said body; and a first recess disposed in said bottom surface, said first recess having a pair of linear substantially parallel opposed sides and a cross member which define a first passage, wherein a first of said linear substantially parallel opposed sides of said first recess disposed along a first diagonal axis which intersects a first pair of opposed corners of said rectangular body, and wherein a second of said pair of linear opposed sides of said first recess communicates with at least one of said plurality of sides of said body.