Jo Avery – the Blog

Miss Mustard Seed Memory Star Quilt

Yes that is a bit of a mouthful for a quilt title! Today I am taking part in an ‘instagram tour’, this is like a blog hop but on Instagram.  But because I still like to tell my ‘quilt stories’ over here, where there is more room, I am blog posting too. Miss Mustard Seed

Spot the difference – Tendrils Mini Quilt 2

Last year I made a mini quilt as my entry to the Pantone Quilt Challenge. It was one of my first forays into the obsession which would become ‘Tendrils’! You can read about this first quilt here. Meanwhile Alice, the editor at Love Patchwork and Quilting, asked me to make a version of the mini

The Thread House Retreat Medallion Quilt

For this year’s Thread House Retreat we thought it would be fun to make a quilt using all the workshops and techniques we would be doing over the weekend and offer it as an exclusive pattern to all our Retreaters.   And here is the finished result – the Thread House Retreat Medallion Quilt! This year’s

Aurifil DOM – it’s time for my block!

Back in November I posted about the 2018 Aurifil Designer of the Month programme and the exciting fact that I was one of this year’s designers! Well my month has come round already – eeek! The theme this year is ‘The Places We Go’ and the palette is Black and White and a Colour. This