Jo Avery – the Blog

Merry Stitches Giveaway WINNER!

 And the winner is number 21 Roz!! Congratulations Roz! I will contact you on Twitter as you are a ‘no-reply commenter’ 🙁 Thanks to everyone who entered and for sharing all your Christmas carol/song choices with me. My own favourite is ‘Oh Little Town of Bethleham’.

Merry Stitches GIVEAWAY!!

Our Christmas Fabric has arrived! I know you are all hot and sweaty and Christmas seems such a long way off but it’s here anyway so let’s celebrate!! And not any old Christmas fabric, no, this is a whole collection from my favourite designer Cori Dantini!! And I’m going to give away a whole FQ

Yo-Yo Trio

  Issue 11 of Love Patchwork and Quilting is now on sale, so I can now show you the project I designed for it It’s a trio of yo-yo pieces – a throw, a cushion and a framed picture. Jen, the editor (who we all got to hang out with at FQR!) had seen this

Fat Quarterly Retreat 2014 Report

A very belated report on this year’s Fat Quarterly Retreat! Once I got back I had a big deadline looming and I also needed to get all our Autumn/Winter craft classes listed and released, so I’ve not had a moment! Finally I’ve caught up and can share the magic with you. First up is the

Giveaway on my Facebook Page!!

I’m giving away this Cathedral Window Cushion Cover on my Facebook Page! Help me get to 1000 likes!! Do you remember this cushion? it’s Essex linen in natural with Chicopee in the windows and hand sewn and hand quilted. I made it about 18 months ago and it has been much admired. But I’ve discovered

Preparing for Fat Quarterly Retreat 2014

It’s nearly that time of year again – yes it’s time to head down south to London Town and meet up with all my quilty pals at Fat Quarterly Retreat 2014! Woot woot!! This year will be extra special (and slightly more stressful) because I am teaching at the Retreat. I am teaching ‘Further Adventures

The Stitch Gathering Ticket Bag Samples

I’m sure by now you have all heard about the Stitch Gathering. And all about the quilt I recently finished from last year’s fabric tickets. A few people suggested that last year’s ticket was such a great idea we would have trouble topping it this year. Well I had something up my sleeve that might

Together Circle Quilt – a FAL finish!

Yes it’s my third FAL finish this quarter! That’s a record for me 🙂 This is my Together Circle Quilt. This is the circle I belong to in the do. Good Stitches group on Flickr.  Every month we produce a new quilt for charity. I am usually a stitcher which means I just sew 2

Summer Fabric Sale!!

We’re having a Summer Fabric Sale on our website and in our Edinburgh store! We have a third off selected fabrics including some Cori Dantini ‘Sweet Life’! In our Edinburgh store we also have a third off selected wool and 40% off cross stitch and tapestry kits! If anyone coming to Fat Quarterly Retreat would

Quilt Now Magazine – fantastic subscription offer…

… which ends in just a couple of days time! Have you heard about this new magazine Quilt Now? It’s being edited by UK Modern Quilt Superstar Katy Jones!! Katy tells us all about it in this recent post. It sounds really exciting and different. And I can’t believe that the launch date is nearly