Jo Avery – the Blog

New Bedford Disappearing Nine Patch

I have a bit of a backlog of stuff to share over here which hasn’t been helped by the longest period of dark, miserable winter days I can remember which makes decent photography very difficult! Finally we had a bit of frosty brightness and I managed to get a few shots of this Disappearing Nine

Biscornu!

I have to admit that I didn’t know what a Biscornu was before I was asked to make one! But then I don’t think I’m the only one, have you heard of it before?! Well it turns out it’s this odd shaped cushion, and I actually owned one (made for my by my lovely pal

Modern Applique Garland

How lovely do these photos look taken in the Autumn sunshine! Meanwhile in the present depths of our Scottish Winter I have forgotten what the sun looks like! It has been grey, wet and miserable for so long now and with no hope of a reprieve in the near future *sigh*. So I am firmly

On The Radio!

Hi Everyone, just a quick post to tell you that I was on the radio this afternoon talking about the Farmer’s Wife QAL and the online quilting community – and it wasn’t too cringey! That’s me in the studio after I finished the interview. It was actually a lot of fun and I think I

Goodbye 2015… hello 2016!

A quick look back at 2015 and a bumper crop of quilts! This isn’t even all of them as I have 3 more that I haven’t/can’t post about yet! So it’s been a very productive sewing year for me and now it’s on to 2016 (blimey, already?!!) and I’m pretty sure that will involve lot’s

January Sale at myBearpaw!

A happy New Year to all my dear readers! While I’m getting myself revved up enough to a write the first blog post of 2016 I thought you might like to hear about our ‘just launched’ sale… January Sale now on!! In store and online! 50% off all Christmas fabrics and bundles! Fat Quarters from

Sewing Room Shelves Wall Hanging

There’s just enough time before Christmas is upon us to share this project I made for the current issue of Popular Patchwork magazine. If you are anything like me you will want to start the New Year with a big clear out and an organisation of your sewing room. If you’re not like me then

Jungle Blooms Quilt

This quilt is a bit different for me! Now I’ve started working for Today’s Quilter I have been lured away from the modern quilting style a little. Not completely though! I couldn’t ever make something I didn’t like! The idea for this quilt started way back at the Anna Maria Horner workshop at QuiltCon when

Farmer’s Wife 1930s QAL – Crystal

Hello and welcome to my second guest post for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Quilt Along. Today’s block is Crystal.  This was actually the first block I made way back in August! I have to admit that I jumped into the QAL (and the guest posts!) in a moment of madness, and then worried that I

Improv Meadow Quilt

I have a finish I can share with you as soon as it is finished! So many of my quilts are for publication these days that this is a bit of a novelty! This is my Improv Meadow Quilt, which is actually destined to be a wall hanging. It measures 37 x 43inches. I started