Abstract: Method and apparatus to fabricate a unique fitted bedding covers from a generally rectangular blank of textile material of selected dimension which can permit automated operation to provide bedding covers which accommodate mattress corners and allows application of elastic to select portions of the sides of the blank in stretched condition to prevent movement of the cover when it is placed over a mattress. Bedding covers, methods and apparatus within the scope of the present invention also can be fabricated without cutting the rectangular blank or with cutting of the blank either prior to or after application of the stretched elastic material.

Abstract: A quilting method and apparatus for quilting overlying layers of textile material including at least two reel unwind devices to supply at least two webs of the textile of material, a tensioning device to maintain the textile material at a selected tension first and second pairs of nip rollers located in spaced apart generally vertical orientation where the fabric material is fed there between and where a sewing area is defined therebetween, generally horizontally extending sewing machine devices adapted to sew the overlying layers of fabric material together in the sewing area where the nip rollers are carried on a frame means which is capable of moving laterally to the direction of movement of the fabric through the sewing area and where the pairs of nip rollers are rotated in cooperative relation to selectively advance and retract the material in the sewing area so that by proper coordination selected sewn configurations can be provided in the textile material in the sewing area.