Jo Avery – the Blog

Gathering Blooms BOM Quilt

It’s almost a year since I wrote this post about the new Gathering Blooms Block of the Month I had designed for Today’s Quilter magazine. Well here is the finished quilt! I’ve really enjoyed making these blocks every month, they are a lovely mix of piecing and needle-turn applique and of course I got to

The Gathering Blooms BOM Begins!

The Gathering Blooms BOM officially starts today with the publication of issue 94 of Today’s Quilter!  I wrote a whole post about this new BOM a few weeks back which you can read here. Please note that the 60% off subscription offer is still valid but of course you won’t get your first issue with

Gathering Blooms BOM

I have something very exciting to share with you today. I am about to take over the Block of the Month slot in Today’s Quilter!  This will be the third time I have been the TQ BOM designer and I think I may have said ‘never again’ after the last time. But then I had

Flower Pot Tumbler Quilt

It’s been a while since I’ve had a quilt in a magazine so I’m delighted to share the Flower Pot Tumbler quilt as featured in the new issue (91) of Today’s Quilter. This issue also includes a supplement with four absolutely stunning star quilts designed by Lynne Goldsworthy! I have been hoarding a stash of

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

2021 in Quilts

Happy New Year! And goodbye to 2021 whose main redeeming feature was being a bit better than 2020! To carry on a decade long tradition I’m greeting 2022 with a mosaic round up of the quilts I made during the last 12 months.  For this photo collage I’ve included some mini quilts as the 10

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

Dresden Daisy Quilt and a Moxie Catch-up

I have a new quilt to share today. This is my Dresden Daisy quilt, made earlier this year for Today’s Quilter. Almost every year for the last five I have scored the cover quilt for the issue that comes out at the same time as Festival of Quilts. In fact I plan a ‘show-stopping’ quilt

Wedding Bells Quilt

I have a new quilt to share with you today, and this one made the cover of the latest Today’s Quilter! This quilt seems extra special due to the fact I have made so few full-sized quilts this year. This is the only magazine commission I have made and it was due to be the

Two New Quilts

Since I wrote my last blog post our whole lives, and yours too I am sure, have been turned upside down by the Corona Virus crises.  I planned to write a post today about the things I am doing to deal with all the changes and keep parts of my business going. But after a