Tucker Trimmer I
$ 27.00
New & Improved 2019 edition!
The Tucker Trimmer tool was designed to help quilter’s quickly and easily trim down units that are made with triangles: half square triangle squares, quarter square triangle squares (hourglass units), and combinations of half square and quarter square triangle squares (combination units). It has multiple diagonals which allow you to align ruler guide lines with unit seam lines to quickly locate the exact center of pieced units. This makes trim down easy, precise, and perfect every time. No more figuring, or guessing, or struggling to find a center point, and you can see it demonstrated on our free online video demo. I use it for much more than just trimming however and consider it my “must have” tool every time I head to my cutting table.
Details
- Ruler size: 7” x 7”
- Eleven unit size options from 1” finished to 6” finished in half inch increments (trim sizes 1½” to 6½”)
- Step by step illustrated instructions for making half square triangle, hourglass, and combination units. Now available to download!
- Instructions and illustrations for left hand trimming
- Charts for easy conversion of other pattern instructions
- Free online videos for unit construction and tool trim down (see below, also on YouTube)
- Free bonus block pattern
- Numerous companion patterns available
- Item # DT03
Video Demonstrations
Twister
$ 12.40
A project that constructs the pieced border units at the same time as the pieced block units: definitely a two for one deal! Deb’s construction methods and Tucker Trimmer 1 and Tucker Trimmer 3 tools let you construct all units without cutting or piecing triangle shapes and then gives you the added benefit of trimming down for super high precision. The large setting pieces can easily be trimmed with the Tucker Trimmer III tool. A very simple project to make.
Details
- Project size: 72” x 92”
- Block size: 10” finished
- Required tool: Tucker Trimmer 1
- Highly recommended tool: Quilter’s Magic Wand, Tucker Trimmer 3
- Scrap fabrics in two colorways + accent and background fabric
- Pattern # DTP029
SueNami
$ 12.40
SueNami is an unusual Hunter’s Star medallion-style layout. It was Studio 180’s Sue Tucker’s very first quilt! It was also a 2009 Vermont Quilt Festival Triple Award Winner: Blue Ribbon, Best Adult Beginner and Viewer’s Choice. A spectacular project that is actually easier to construct than it appears!
Details
- Project size: 68” x 68”
- Block size: 5”
- Required tools: Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star: Petite Star ruler, Wing Clipper 1
- Highly recommended: Tucker Trimmer 1, Quilter’s Magic Wand
- 8 dark fabrics + 8 light fabrics + border fabric
- Pattern # DTP025
Rangeley Wall Quilt
$ 12.40
The streamlined construction of this star block was conceived while working at a retreat in Rangeley, Maine: hence the name. Using Deb’s Tucker Trimmer 1 tool and an additional trim, all those complicated star points become simple to make. The project has a complex look, but is actually very easy to construct. Just what we like!
Details
- Project size: 32 x 42”
- Block sizes: 5”, 8½”, and 12” finished
- Required tool: Tucker Trimmer 1
- Highly recommended tool: Quilter’s Magic Wand
- Scrap fabrics + background + focus
- Pattern # DTP017
Rangeley Runner
$ 12.40
An attractive and sophisticated looking project that is actually quite easy to construct. The crisp star points are achieved using Deb’s Tucker Trimmer 1 tool and an additional trim to turn a complicated looking block into a simple to sew project. Make it today, use it tomorrow.
Details
- Project size: 18½” x 50”
- Block size: 8½” finished
- Required tool: Tucker Trimmer 1
- Highly recommended tool: Quilter’s Magic Wand
- Four fabric project
- Pattern # DTP016
Pop Stars
$ 12.40
This fantastic quilt is made using a collection of forty 2½” strips. It’s the perfect project for all those Jelly Rolls you’ve collected! With an additional light, medium and dark fabric, you’ll have all the fabric you need to make this beauty. All these difficult looking blocks and border triangles are made with Deb’s streamlined strip piecing techniques and foolproof precision trimming with her Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star tool. It’s much simpler to make than you might imagine. Give this stunning quilt a try and you’ll be thrilled at how easily it goes together!
Details
- Project size : 88” x 113”
- Star size: 9” finished
- Required tools: Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star
- Highly recommended tool: Tucker Trimmer 3
- Forty Jelly Roll strips; one light, medium and dark fabric
- Pattern # DTP038
Galaxy
$ 12.40
Galaxy is a beautiful alternating block design using two types of blocks, one with a red star and one with a blue star. Because of the color placement and the different angles in the triangles, the interesting interlocking circles appear and the second star block disappears into the circles. It’s a fun optical illusion, easy to make and even easier to admire.
Details
- Three project sizes: 42" x 54", 63" x 81", and 84" x 108"
- Required tool: V Block and Tucker Trimmer 1
- Highly recommended tool: Quilter’s Magic Wand
- Two red fabrics, two blue fabrics, and a background fabric
- Pattern # DTP045
Flying Swallows
$ 12.40
Look at this beauty! Our friend, Pam Goggans, designed this quilt using the Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star tool. She figured out how to use the tool to create the three star points within each star point to create a traditional Flying Swallows block. WOW! And, it's much easier than using traditional techniques! We loved this quilt so much, and there was so much buzz about it at Quilt Market and Festival this year, that we did something we've never done before: asked a designer to let us sell one of their patterns on our website! In case you don't recall, Pam is the very talented designer who came up with the process for Blazing Lemoynes that became our latest Technique Sheet for the Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star. She also has a pattern for making a Carpenter's Wheel with your Lemoyne Star tool that's fantastic (you can purchase those through her website).
Details
- Project size: 65” x 81”
- Star size: 12” finished
- Required tools: Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star
- Highly recommended tool: Tucker Trimmer 3
- Pattern # DTPS01
Amusement
$ 12.40
Amusement is a fun and quirky quilt inspired by the Ferris Wheels found on the Amusement Piers in NJ, where Michelle grew up. Ferris Wheels are enjoyed by so many of us, just like this quilt will be for the quilter making it and the recipient receiving it.
Details
- Three project sizes: Wall Quilt, Throw, or Twin
- Block size: 20”
- Required tool: Tucker Trimmer 1, Wing Clipper 1, and Corner Pop
- Fabric: background, accent, light, medium, and dark
- Pattern # Mod007
Quilter's Magic Wand
$ 8.00
The Quilter’s Magic Wand is an accurate ½” wide ruler with an etched line running down the middle. Use it for marking or measuring when high precision is required. It is especially useful for marking those diagonal seam lines when using the Tucker Trimmer and Wing Clipper lines of tools. It comes in 8 different colors, one to match everyone’s sewing room!
Details
- Rule size - ½” x 12”
- Used with Tucker Trimmer and Wing Clipper tools
- 7 different colors – Lime, Hot Pink, Beige/Champagne, Yellow, Orange, Blue and Plum/Light Pink,
- Free online video for constructions and trim down techniques (see below, also on YouTube)
- Item # DT04