{"id":2670,"date":"2014-12-11T15:41:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2014-12-11T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:41:42","slug":"road-2015-faculty-spotlight-meet-deb-tucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/road-2015-faculty-spotlight-meet-deb-tucker\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2015 Faculty Spotlight: Meet Deb Tucker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tDeb will be teaching 1010C Constellation<\/strong> on Monday and 2015C Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star<\/strong> on Tuesday.\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal: <\/em>Deb Tucker\u2019s Studio 180 Design\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is a family business. Her husband of 32 years, Jeff, is the CEO, daughter Haley is the art director, and sister-in-law Sue is the \u201cbusiness guru,\u201d keeping the taxes paid, the bills paid, and all of the business\u2019 future planning on track. Even her 5 cats are involved. They all think that every quilt Deb makes is just for them!! Only son Toby is not involved — yet.\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you get involved in quilting?<\/em> I started quilting in 1981.\u00a0 It was the year before I was to get married and I thought that the tradition of every girl having a quilt when she got married seemed like a good idea so I headed off to the local adult education center for my first classes.\u00a0 It didn’t take long for me to realize that quilting was a perfect fit for my love of creating, making something useful, and drafting (I started out in college studying Architecture).\u00a0 Teaching ended up being my chosen profession in college and that too has served me well over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you find inspiration for your designs? <\/em>Everywhere.\u00a0 Generally, I lean toward traditional type designs, but I’m always motivated to add a current twist to a pattern or a technique.\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite quilting tool? <\/em>Well that’s like asking me to choose a favorite child!!!\u00a0 As a tool designer, I truly love all the tools that I’ve created, but there are several that always seem to be out on my cutting table when I’m making quilts.\u00a0 First choice would probably be my Tucker Trimmer<\/a>, but hot on its heels would be my Wing Clipper <\/a>and Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star.\u00a0<\/a> They are two of my oldest tools and one of my newest.\u00a0 Basically my favorite Studio 180 Design tool is the one that I’m using to complete the current project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you aren\u2019t quilting, what do you like to do? <\/em>I love to walk, bike, garden, and cook for family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you like best about teaching? <\/em>The best thing about teaching is the “Ah Ha” moment.\u00a0 It’s that moment when students discover the secret to high success with something that may have frustrated or eluded them for years.\u00a0 I thrive on smiles from happy quilters when they see the end results of a day’s efforts.\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would you like students to get out of your class? <\/em>\u00a0I would like for every student in my classes to leave with two things: 1) increased knowledge and 2) motivation.\u00a0 Knowledge will guide your choices and decisions about how you approach future projects and how you will spend your time.\u00a0 Motivation will carry you through so your projects will be completed.\u00a0 These two factors, along with high success from the techniques being taught, will be key to their long term addiction to quilt making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your best quilting tip? <\/em>\u00a0Learn all that you can about every aspect of your craft – techniques, tools, processes, products – so that you can create the quilts that best fit your life style.\u00a0 There’s room in the quilt world for every type of artisan.\u00a0 Do what makes you happy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Deb, visit her web site: www.studio180design.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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