Multi-needle quilting tape guide apparatus and method

摘要

A multi-needle quilting machine (20) is provided with a tape or ribbon guide (30) that is operated by a method by which a narrow strip (32) is fed against a facing layer (11a) of a wide multi-layered material (24) as it is fed into the quilting machine. In the quilting machine (20), series of chain stitches are sewn, at least one of which joins the tape (32) and layers of the multi-layered material (24) together with the same thread in a quilting process, thereby applying the tape (32) to the quilted product in a single quilting operation without the need for a post-quilting tape application step. The tape may form a decorative strip or have unsewn sections that serve as handles for a mattress when the quilted product is formed into a mattress cover.

主权项

1. A mattress cover border panel section comprising:
a facing layer of material; one or more backing layers or fill layers of material; a tape strip on a side of the facing layer that is opposite a backing layer or fill layer, the tape strip having two longitudinally extending edges running along the length of the facing layer; and one or more intermittent series of sinuous-shaped chain stitch sequences, each chain stitch sequence securing the facing layer and each of the backing layers or fill layers together, a center stitch sequence of each of the series also securing the facing layer, each of the backing layers or fill layers, and the tape strip to the other layers wherein the center stitch sequence is located entirely within the two longitudinal edges of the tape strip and the other sinuous-shaped chain stitches of each series are located outside the two longitudinal edges and wherein one or more intermittent series of sinuous-shaped chain stitches form a quilting pattern.