TUCKER UNIVERSITY - V Block Class

• The Secret of "Oversizing": You will learn the revolutionary method of cutting units slightly larger than needed and trimming them down to the exact millimeter.
• Flawless Point Accuracy: Say goodbye to chopped-off triangle points and mismatched seams; your blocks will fit together perfectly every single time.
• Unlock Your Rulers: If you have expensive specialty rulers sitting in your drawer collecting dust, this course will finally unlock their full potential.
• Design Freedom: By mastering these tools, you will gain the confidence to alter existing patterns, design your own blocks, and streamline your entire cutting process.

For this class we will be exploring a common unit for piecing called the V Block. This unit is commonly made with templates or paper piecing but there is a MUCH easier way with the V Block tool! If you are seeing stars in your future then you have just found your new best friend, the V Block. Making stars is not the only thing the V Block can do to improve your piecing techniques. Once you learn how to use the V Block, you will not go back to those plastic templates you have been tracing and slicing. Or connect a V Block with a half square triangle and watch the curves develop. The possibilities are only limited to your imagination.

Push the use of your V Block® a bit further by learning how to create Sidekicks and High/low units. You will amaze your quilting friends by thinking that you made a difficult unit, when in fact the use of the V Block® made your life so easy.

*Required tools: V Block (You can rent the shared classroom V Block ruler for $5 and if you decide to purchase one that day we will apply your $5 towards that purchase)
*Required Technique Sheet: Sidekick and High/low (included in price of class)
*Required Design Sheet: V Block®

Shared Classroom Ruler Option: Don't own a V Block yet? No problem! You can reserve a shared classroom ruler for just $8. You'll have access to a ruler during class and can apply your rental fee toward the purchase of a V Block on the day of class if you decide you'd like one of your own. Shared rulers are available in limited quantities and will be used by multiple students throughout the class.

Supplies: You'll find every supply list for all of our classes here.

Basic Sewing Supplies:
Sewing Machine with power cords and manual (just in case)
Thread
Machine needles
Snips or trimming scissors
Seam ripper

Basic Quilting Supplies:
Rotary cutter with a sharp blade
Marking Pencil (Mechanical will do)
Small cutting mat
Straight edge ruler approx. 6" x 12" or so
Invisigrip (Optional)
Best Press or light starch (Optional)

Pre-Cutting and Pre-Construction Instructions
• Fabrics are denoted with an A or B to indicate that this should be different fabric colors.
• Strips are cut on the width of the fabric or wof based on 40” of usable fabric
• Cutting will provide you with plenty of practice material for the purpose of class participation.