{"id":1220,"date":"2013-10-05T08:11:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2013-10-05T08:11:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T15:11:24","slug":"road-2014-faculty-spotlight-meet-norah-mcmeeking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/05\/road-2014-faculty-spotlight-meet-norah-mcmeeking\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2014 Faculty Spotlight: Meet Norah McMeeking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tNorah will be teaching <\/span>#5020 Stacked Hexagon Stars <\/b>on Friday and a two day class Saturday and Sunday <\/span>#6701 Cosmati Rings I<\/b>. \"Norah<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Personal: <\/i>While Norah McMeeking has traveled as far away as exotic Palermo, Sicily for her quilting endeavors, it was looking at antique quilts at an Apple Festival in a local history museum in Illinois where she first caught the quilting bug. She decided then that \u201cIf I had to live among the corn and soybeans, I should get something out of it, so I took a quilting class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Norah enjoys the company of her two children, one granddaughter, a \u201cspoiled dog,\u201d and two feral cats. Her favorite foods are green beans, steak, and popcorn. And devil’s food cake. The last book she read was The Paris Deadline<\/span> by Max Byrd.\"Norah's<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

When she is not quilting, Norah likes to entertain the neighbors, take photographs, travel, go to museums, and \u201cpet my dog.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Does anyone else in your family quilt? <\/i>My niece quilts and my sister and my daughter-in-law “dabble.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Where do you find inspiration for your quilting? <\/i>Absolutely everywhere!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What is one quilting tool you can\u2019t live without?<\/i> Besides my sewing machine? I guess that would be my computer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What do you like best about teaching? <\/i>The students of course!\"Class<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What has been the funniest or most embarrassing moment you have had while teaching?<\/i> Once, about 2 hours in to an intense class on foundation piecing, I said to the students “You do know you won’t finish this in class don’t you?” And a student exclaimed, “Thank God!”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What has been the best class you have taken? <\/i>I’ve been lucky to take many great classes, but one of the first, from Margaret Miller, stands out for its breadth. Another class I took from Ruth McDowell stands out for a real “ah-ha!” moment. It changed the way I thought about quilt design.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What is your best tip for quilters? <\/i>Never be afraid to try something. Give yourself time to learn.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

What do you want your students to get out of your class? <\/i>I want my students to gain the confidence they need to do whatever they’d like with their quilting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Visit Norah on her website: www.bellabellaquilts.com\"whatgoesaround<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/span>P.S. Norah made this beautiful quilt titled <\/span>What Goes\u00a0<\/span>Around<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and it is missing. If you have seen it, please let Norah know.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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