Jo Avery – the Blog

A 100 days of Organic Applique

I few weeks back I started this year’s The 100 Day Project. I have been planning to join in for the last few years but never got my act together in time. This is the 10th anniversary and I had an idea ready to go so I jumped in. And I am having so much

Quilts of 2022 and NEWS for 2023!

I’m a little later than usual for my annual ‘quilts of the year’ round-up post so this one will also include exciting news for 2023. A restrained amount of quilts for me in 2022 which include 4 charity quilts and 3 quilts made for The Thread House Club BOMs (one of which was also a

Freehand Rainbows and other Zen Stitching

It’s been quite a while since I last posted, I hope you’ve not been missing me too much! I have been fulfilling a lot of teaching obligations which date back two years and were all cancelled due to covid. This has kept me very busy, and though I have been making progress on various ‘class

Temperature Embroidery and Temperature Crochet Blanket

My adventures with Temperature Projects continue! In this post I’ll finally reveal my finished Temperature Embroidery from 2021 AND share my project for 2022 – a Temperature Crochet Blanket. I’ll also be sharing the pattern and method I’m using this year. I actually finished the Temperature Embroidery just after New Year but I waited a

Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along Part 1

Welcome to Part One of the Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along!! We will begin by concentrating on creating our outer panels for the pony. Firstly a HUGE thanks to everyone who has purchased the pony pattern! I was overwhelmed by the response and will have a lovely big donation for Create and Sustain ready to

Wardrobe Landscapes and a Flower Power Embroidery

It’s been a while since I had a project in a magazine but now, just like buses, two have landed at exactly the same time. One is quilting and the other is embroidery which adds a nice balance to this post. The first one is my Landscape Wardrobe mini quilts as featured in the latest

Scattered Stars Embroidered Pillow

Here’s a bit of festive embroidery to ease you into the Christmas period. Plus I have some exciting embroidery related news to share in this post so please read on… This is my Scattered Stars Pillow which uses star shapes and jewel colours to create a cushion that looks good at Chrismas but can be

Modern Crewel Embroidery Book Tour Round-up and GIVEAWAY!

Edited: GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED! Congratulations to commenter number 8 – Jo!!  I will email you Jo (and great colour choices!). Commiserations to everyone else.  Thanks so much for entering everyone! Please read on for the Round up Post… The Modern Crewel Embroidery Book Tour has been happening over the last two weeks and this round-up

Modern Crewel Embroidery Book Tour

Today is the start of a two week Instagram Book Tour to celebrate the publication of my new book Modern Crewel Embroidery.  It’s happenning over on Instagram because so few of my guests keep a blog, however some of them do and will be writing blogposts as well, AND I will be writing a round