Shapes that are traced around to mark a quilt top for quilting. May be purchased or made from sturdy, reusable template material.
The term "quilting templates" also refers to homemade or commercially manufactured templates used to trace or cut out geometric fabric shapes used to make patchwork blocks.
There are also the temporary foundation kind of templates like "Quilt Patis" or the English Paper Piecing method papers. I like the "Quilt Patis" best and they can be found on http://quiltpati.tripod.com