It is funny how 1 problem leads to another, but if you work at it hard enough the solution to both can lead to so much more, In 2008 when we began making templates for Longarm quilting, it quickly became obvious that quilters had difficulty stitching around the outside of circles and other shapes.

I have always believed that it is much easier to draw inside a shape than around the outer edge. So we designed our templates to be stitched around the inside.This left another problem, longarm machines could not enter the inside of the template.

The answer to this problem was the invention of the unique Westalee Design Key System, a key that when removed allows the ruler foot to be placed inside the template, when the key is replaced the opening is closed and the quilting line can be sewn without any unsightly flat spots.

The invention of our unique Westalee Design Key System in 2008 made it possible to stitch other difficult designs such as Ovals, Diamonds and Hexagons.

Developed with the key system which allows you to stitch on the inside of the template by simply removing the key and to put around the foot and inserting the key back into place.