Norah McMeeking

Precision Piecing

Norah McMeeking
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Get to know Norah and start cutting strips, pinning diamonds and sewing pieces to create pinwheels.
Stitch the side units, assemble the block with Y seams, and sew blocks together with 8-point matches.
Get started with foundation paper piecing and the Stained Glass Window quilt.
Plan your quilt's design, cut and arrange the patches, piece the main block and remove the freezer paper.
Learn how to arrange pieced units, sew the blocks together, and finish your Stained Glass Window quilt with a border.
Make football-shaped templates and cut pieces for the Emerald Rings quilt.
Learn how to mark and trim the pieced units before marking the curved seams for the Emerald Rings quilt.
Revisit design decisions and then sew your curved seams to bring the Emerald Rings quilt to life.
Add appliqué to the rings' partial seams, join the blocks together, set in the points and finish the Emerald Rings quilt with a flying geese border.
 
 
9 Lessons
2  hrs 55  mins

Norah offers an overview of foundation paper piecing, showing you how to avoid common trouble spots. As you piece blocks inspired by traditional Amish quilts, the windows of Notre Dame and Roman mosaic floors, you’ll achieve beautifully matched points, even Y-seams and smooth curves. With Norah’s detailed instruction, you’ll create intricate designs with the accuracy that quilt-show judges demand. Your “Best in Show” journey begins here.

Norah McMeeking

An award-winning quilter with a background in graphic design, Norah McMeeking is the author of Bella Bella Quilts: Stunning Designs from Italian Mosaics. She taught adult education quilt-making classes for 14 years, and has organized two nationally juried museum quilt exhibits (Natural Impressions I and II). Her work has appeared and won awards at the AQS Show, The National Patchwork Championships (UK), Road to California and others, as well as in invitational exhibits at the Pacific International Quilt Festival and several museums.

Norah McMeeking

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