Jo Avery – the Blog

Announcements Galore!

I’ve been meaning to publish a newsy post for ages and now my ‘news bag’ is full to bursting! So I am going to get everything out there in one big announcement splurge!  Did you know it is World Craft Week this week?!  Check out the Facebook page to find out how to get involved with

Stitch Gathering Words Quilt #1

At the Stitch Gathering 2015 we sent attendees fabric and asked them to embellish it with their favourite word. This would then be their ticket. We asked for words to be positive and life affirming. You can read more about the ticket words project inception here. Our amazing retreaters brought along fabulous works of art

News News News!

I seem to have lots of news to share, so this post will be a bit of a round up! First of all myBearpaw, my Edinburgh store, has been nominated for the best Scottish independent shop category in the British Sewing Awards!! How exciting and surprising! Apparently the nominations were all made by readers, so