Stencil art overlays

• US 4,634,616 A
• Filed: 01/30/1986
• Issued: 01/06/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis P. Musante, Lynda L. Scott
• Original Assignee: Louis P. Musante, Lynda L. Scott
• Inventors: Musante, Louis P., Scott, Lynda L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US06/824,192
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 434/87, 434/95, 206/574, 206/575, 112/266.1, 428/102, 428/542.6, 428/40
• US Class Current: 428/42.1
• CPC Class Codes: D05C 17/00 Embroidered or tufted products; Base fabrics specially adapted for embroidered work; Inserts for producing surface irregularities in embroidered products layered products B32B; non-woven pile fabrics D04H11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/20 Needlework
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1486 Ornamental, decorative, pattern, or indicia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24033 including stitching and discrete fastener[s], coating or bond

Abstract

A method and materials for sewing craft sheets of plastic canvas is disclosed wherein an adhesive backed transparent film sheet having a grid pattern thereon color coded to form a picture is affixed to a plastic canvas having a grid pattern the same size as the grid pattern on the sheet. The grid on the transparent sheet is aligned with the grid of the plastic canvas and the grid is then cut to the shape of the picture on the transparent sheet. The person can then stitch the picture, following the color code marks on the transparent sheet grid.

Claims

1. A craft kit comprising a sheet of transparent film sheet having adhesive on one side, covered with a removable backing sheet, and having horizontal and vertical rows of intersecting lines forming a grid with square spaces therebetween of a size similar to a grid of a sheet of plastic canvas,

some of said grid on said film sheet being highlighted to define a picture on said sheet of transparent film sheet being adapted to overlie the corresponding parts of said grid on said plastic canvas sheet,

said transparent film sheet being adapted to be used by removing said backing sheet from said transparent material,

adhering said film to said plastic canvas sheet with the strands of said grid of said transparent film sheet overlying and coextensive with the strands of said grid on said plastic canvas sheet,

cutting said plastic canvas to the shape of said picture, removing said transparent film sheet and stitching through said grid spaces in said plastic canvas with a heavy yarn, conforming to said picture, thereby doing a needlework design in accordance with said pattern on said transparent film sheet.

2. A method of doing stencil needlework comprising,

providing a transparent film sheet with an adhesive coating on one side and a backing sheet covering the transparent film sheet on said one side,

another side of said transparent film sheet having a grid pattern printed on it with the grids on the transparent film sheet of generally the same size as the grid pattern of the plastic canvas, some of said grids on said transparent film sheet being laid out in the form of a picture to be formed,

removing said backing sheet,

affixing said transparent sheet to said plastic canvas with said grid pattern of said transparent film sheet to said plastic canvas with said grid pattern of said transparent film sheet coextensive with said grid squares of said plastic canvas,

cutting out said picture formed on said plastic canvas and said film,

removing said transparent film sheet from said plastic canvas and replacing it on said backing sheet,

stitching through said plastic canvas with a relatively heavy yarn according to said design.

3. The method recited in claim 2 wherein said grid pattern on said transparent film sheet is color coded for different colors of yarns that are to be used.

4. The method recited in claim 3 wherein said transparent film sheet may be made of Mylar.

5. The method recited in claim 3 wherein said color coding is made up of dashes, dots, x'"'"'s, o'"'"'s, and squares printed on the grid parts to denote various colors.