Tips & Tricks: Spinning Seams Companion Products
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Tucker Trimmer I
$ 29.50
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
Tucker Trimmer III
$ 45.50
New & Improved 2019 edition!
The third in the Tucker Trimmer series of rulers, this version of our Tucker Trimmer is used for any block or unit that is larger than a 6” finished block size. It has all of the sizes of the Tucker Trimmer I plus thirteen additional size options up to and including trimming blocks to 13” (that will finish to 12 ½” when sewn). I love to use this tool to trim down my Lemoyne Star blocks made with my Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star tool and any type of block that needs to be trimmed and squared to a specific size. A terrific tool with all the same benefits as the original Tucker Trimmer.
Details
- Ruler size - 13” x 13”
- Twenty four unit size options from 1” finished to 12½” finished in half inch increments (trim sizes 1½” to 13”)
- Step by step illustrated instructions for making half square triangle, hourglass, and combination units. Now available to download!
- Instructions 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 # DT06
Video Demonstration
Four Patch Square Up
$ 33.50
Four Patches, basic units that seem so simple to make. Just stitch 4 squares together, either individually or with strip piecing and you’re good to go. But anyone who has attempted these units knows that they are notoriously difficult to make perfectly. Either the unit size isn’t quite right, the edges just don’t quite line up, or they’re just not quite square. Ugh. Even experienced stitchers encounter these problems.
The Four Patch Square Up© Tool is the solution. Like all the Studio 180 Design rulers and processes, this tool and technique will have you build your units slightly oversized and then quickly trim them to perfect shapes. The Four Patch Square Up© Tool is designed to work with units that finish to whole or half inch increments, from ½” finished up to 6” finished unit sizes. The tool’s perfectly engineered lines are designed to quickly locate and align with the unit center and the sewn seams, allowing for easy trimming on all four sides. The accuracy is amazing!
Your units will be the correct size. They will have seams properly positioned. And they will have edges that are straight , even, and square. No more guess work! So jump in and give it a try, you will be absolutely thrilled with the results.
Details
- Ruler Size: approx. 7" x 13"
- Twelve size options from ½" to 6" finished units in ½" increments
- Step by step illustrated instructions, available to download
- Instructions for left hand cutting and trimming
- Fine lines for higher accuracy
- Free online video for unit construction and tool trim down
- Item # DT17
Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star
$ 44.00
Finally, a tool and technique that will allow any quilter to quickly, easily and accurately piece traditional Lemoyne Star blocks in 10 different sizes! The block units are strip pieced, assembled without using any “Y” seams, pieced so that the blocks themselves are slightly oversized so at the end each can be trimmed to an exact size. You can check out the process in our free online video demonstration. Deb’s step by step directions and Constellation bonus quilt project will have you turning Lemoyne Star blocks out by the dozens. A truly addicting ruler and process.
Don't forget to consider the Tucker Trimmer 3 for the final trimdown. It's the perfect companion ruler to your Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star - it'll easily handle the final trim for all 10 block sizes. Check it out here!
Details
- 10 block size options: 3” to 12” finished blocks
- Complete step by step illustrated instructions
- Left hand cutting illustrated instructions
- Free online video demonstration (see below, also on YouTube)
- Free bonus wall hanging project: Constellation
- Charts to help determine fabric requirements for future projects
- Fine lines for higher accuracy
- Item # DT10
Video Demonstrations
Tucker Trimmer II
$ 29.50
New & Improved 2019 edition!
An “in between” version of the original Tucker Trimmer I tool, this handy ruler allows you to do all of the same functions as the first except that the sizes of the units are in ¼” or ¾” increments. Although these particular sizes are not nearly as popular as the ½” and whole inch increments available on the Tucker Trimmer I, they are sometimes part of your quilting projects. And if you’ve ever tried to trim down a 2¾” hourglass unit you will highly appreciate this tool. The diagonal guidelines on the Tucker Trimmer II will cross precisely at the center of a 2¾” unit so finding the center is a breeze. A great supplemental tool to have in your ruler collection.
Details
- Ruler size - 6½” x 6½”
- Ten unit size options from ¾” finished to 5 ¾” finished in ¼” and ¾” increments (trim sizes 1¼” to 6¼”)
- Step by step illustrated instructions for using the Tucker Trimmer tool to make half square triangle, hourglass, and combination units. Now available to download!
- Instructions 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 # DT05
Video Demonstration