Jo Avery – the Blog

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

More Stitch Gathering News!

I am so excited about this year’s Stitch Gathering! Not only will we get to do it all again, but this year is going to be EVEN better! everyone hard at work in the morning workshops We have changed the venue to Napier’s Craiglockhart Campus. This is situated a little further to the south of

Improv EPP

I bet you didn’t know you could do Improv EPP, did you? Well it turns out you can! Yes I know it is another cushion, but this one is for me, and it’s also my first FAL finish this year. This project started more than a year ago now as a project to show off

Botch Handle Cushion

This week a friend had a special birthday (a number I am heading for in just a few years too!) so I made her this cushion out of gorgeous Dashwood fabric. I just love those foxes. This is the Botch Handle block for my Modern Sampler Quilt which I finally finished a few weeks back.