Description
This course is designed to help you create precision blocks with ease. Deb Tucker walks you through each step of her patented Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star process, using the tool she developed. Throughout this in-depth online course, students will learn:
What you’ll learn:
- All the sewing and designing steps for making a generous lap sized project.
- How to use the Petite Star tool to make 7″ blocks following a simple fabric recipe – 8 dark fat quarters and 8 light fat quarters – or 2 yards of a single fabric.
Course Outline:
Lesson 1: What is a Hunter’s Star block/quilt?
- Shapes that make up the block
- Traditional construction methods and their challenges
- New and improved method of construction that uses strip piecing, oversizing, and trimming for high success
Lesson 2: How to Choose Fabric for a Successful Quilt
- Totally scrappy, partially scrappy, or just two colors
- Value selection and scale selection
- What to avoid
Lesson 3: Cutting the Required Pieces
- How best to cut shapes if using Fat Quarters
- How best to cut shapes if using yardage
- Number and type of shapes for a large lap size quilt
Lesson 4: The Rapid Fire Construction Method
- Step by step stitching, pressing and sewing instructions
- Hints and tips for better success
- Detailed instructions for both right hand cutters and left hand cutters
- How trimming down allows for higher success
Lesson 5: Playing with Designs
- When and where to stop the construction process and jump into design play
- Types of block options: traditional, light/light blocks and dark/dark blocks
- Types of arrangements on a small scale that can easily be transferred to larger scale projects
Lesson 6: Trunk Show of Quilts from the Book Hidden Treasures
- Variety of fabric colors and layouts
- Several examples of two very different quilt designs made from the exact same fabric and units
- Innovative, hardly recognizable Hunter’s Star designs
Lesson 7: Pulling Everything Together
- How to finish up the construction once a design is chosen
- Bordering the blocks and quilting the project
- Additional project options by changing block size, tool size (Petite Star tool vs Large Star tool), or coloring sequencing (2, 3 or 4 color options)
Supplies:
General Items:
- Sewing machine in good working order
- Rotary cutter – new blade recommended
- Rotary cutting mat – 18″ x 24″ or larger recommended
- General cutting ruler – 8″ x 14″ or 6″ x 12″ recommended
- General purpose sewing thread neutral in color
- Iron and ironing board
- General sewing supplies such as scissors, pins, seam ripper, etc
Specific Items:
- Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star – Petite Star size ruler – required
- Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star – Petite Star Field Guide recommended
- Masking tape – low stick, gentle removal “Painter’s Tape” recommended
- “Invisigrip” by Omnigrid for back of ruler
- Spray sizing, starch or pressing agent
- Hunter’s Star Hidden Treasures book – optional, but highly recommended
Fabric Supplies:
– For Hunter’s Star blocks
- 8 dark fat quarters*
- 8 light fat quarters*
– For 2″ finished inner border
- 1/2 yard if pieced
- 1 5/8 yard if unpieced
– For 6″ finished outer border + binding
- 1 3/4 yards
– For backing
- 4 yards**
*You may choose to substitute 2 yards of a single fabric for either your light or your dark fabrics.
**This is adequate for all projects with the additional inches required by most machine quilters.
Instructor: Deb Tucker
Deb has been an avid quilt maker since 1981 and describes herself as a “Machine Piecing Efficiency Expert.” She has developed numerous streamlined construction techniques and tools to ensure high-quality success for all levels of quilters. Her patented tools – Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star, Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star and fundamental line of rulers (Tucker Trimmer, Wing Clipper, Square/Squared, V-Block Trimmer, Corner Beam Trimmer, and others) are sold nationally and internationally. As a designer, Deb has many patterns, books, and additional products to guide quilters with their machine piecing processes. In 2008, not only did she launch her company, Studio 180 Design, she was also nominated for “Teacher of the Year” by Professional Quilter Magazine. When not traveling, Deb, her husband Jeff, and their crew of “cat helpers” live in beautiful central North Carolina.
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