Hunter's Star Workshop

Barb conducted the demo for the Hunter's Star at our last Tacoma meeting, and she did an excellent job. She made samples of blocks using two color combinations, three color combinations, or four color combinations. She also made a small tablerunner, which would be a very doable project to try out the technique.

Along with her demo, Barb used a small display board to show the major steps in the process. In the photo below, you can also see the difference in size between the two different hunter's star rulers used in the process. Each ruler makes a set of specific block sizes, and you would use either one or the other ruler in your project.

Although I took a sequence of photos during Barb's demo, I doubt they would be very illuminating without some explanation, which I am unable to do. There is, however, a good YouTube video here, made by Deb Tucker herself, who is the inventor of the rulers. If you can't make the link work, go to youtube.com and search for "Deb Tucker hunters star", and you'll find it.

If you don't happen to have one of Deb Tucker's rulers, Quilters Cache has a nice tutorial here. If you'd like more information, Jan Krentz wrote a book called Hunter Star Quilts & Beyond, and it's available here at Amazon.com.

Have fun!