ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,964, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hobbs Bonded Fibers NA LLC (Waco, Texas).
"Batting pieces for paper piecing projects and related methods" was invented by Stephanie Hackney (Waco, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for English Paper Piecing and paper piecing quilting projects comprised of using pre-cut individual pieces of nonwoven batting having uniform or non-uniform selected shapes and sizes as foundation pieces for creation of the patches used in the paper piecing projects and quilts and leaving those pre-cut pieces of batting that are the foundation pieces in-place in the sewn patches through completion of the pap...