Jo Avery – the Blog

ORBC Quilt Along – The Story So Far

(Yes, this is the Cherry Blossoms of Washington, DC!) Greeting from Virginia.  Hello everyone out there in myBearpawland, I’m thrilled to be here as Jo’s first guest blogger!:)  I asked Jo if she would mind telling all her fans about the new round at Old Red Barn Quilt Along and she said, sure… how about you

FAL 2nd Quarter

Just snuck in to this quarters Finish-a-long!  With just a few hours to go before the deadline I am listing again the UFOs that I failed dismally to finish last quarter. I only managed to finish one of the six projects I listed at the beginning of the year and so I am featuring them

Finished Hello World pillow

It’s been a bit quiet in the sewing room recently as I have been busy with our shop move. But I did manage to finish the Hello World pillow for Blend Fabrics. And as I have all my quilts at home at the moment (usually they are hanging on the walls of the craft studio)

Gossip Girls

Issue 7 of Love Patchwork and Quilting is currently dropping through subscriber’s letter boxes (though not yet on the news stand), so I think it is now safe to share my skittle dolls with you. The photo above is from the magazine, I always love the way they style things. And they do look like

Big Changes at my Shop!

If I have seemed a little distracted and not especially productive recently here’s the reason why… Those of you who’ve visited our Edinburgh store recently will have noticed that things are changing. We have been selling off all our homewares and gifts stock and concentrating solely on our myBearpaw brand of craft classes, fabric, wool

Stitch Gathering tickets are…

…ON SALE NOW!!! Just head over to the Stitch Gathering website for more info and follow this link to purchase one! Last year was a total blast so we can’t wait to do it all over again, and I’d love even more of my lovely readers to join us this year! We’re delighted to welcome

Hello World!

  Regular readers will already know how much I love Cori Dantini’s fabrics. I have used both of her previous collections to make cushions and wallhangings. Last year Blend Fabrics asked me to make a pillow from Cori’s ‘The Sweet Life’ collection for their booth at Quilt Market. Well they’ve asked me to make another

Cathedral Window Cover

At last I can share this quilt with you that I made back in January. And I’m so ecited that it’s the cover quilt on this month’s Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine (out today!)! Eeek!! This was quite a big project as not only did they want a quilt with a matching cushion, but they

Modern Quilts Unlimited

While I am waiting for my wrist to heal up and to share some new finished loveliness with you again, I thought I would show you this American magazine, Modern Quilts Unlimited. Following on from our Scottish Modern Quilt Exhibition last August they asked me to write an article about the Modern Quilt Movement in