Jo Avery – the Blog

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

Simply Moderne issue 2 and Improv Meadow WIP

I recently got my hands on issue 2 of Simply Moderne magazine, this is the new quarterly mag from the people behind Quiltmania. I wrote about issue 1 here. As in the first issue, the mag is divided between articles about quilts and quilters and a number of0 projects. This issue has a large feature

Farmer’s Wife 1930s QAL – Carolina!

Oh Carolina! Hello and welcome to my first guest post on the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Quilt Along!  And yes I hope you also have that old Shaggy song in your head now, as I have every time I think about this block! I actually made my version of Carolina months ago as soon as I