Jo Avery – the Blog

Mini Dresden Ring Hoop Art Tutorial

As many of you will know I organise an annual one day quilting retreat called the Stitch Gathering. Every year we have a Ticket Project where I send something to all the attendees which they use to make their ‘ticket’ they then hand this in on the day to gain admittance. in previous years I

Paisley Passion Embroidery – FREE Pattern!

Today is the official launch of my new Passionflower thread collection on the Aurifil blog, and to celebrate I have designed a new embroidery pattern which you can download for FREE! I wrote about my Passionflower thread box in this post here. It contains 10 x 12wt spools in the beautiful shades I used for

Pincushion Round-up Post!

This year’s swap item for the Stitch Gathering Retreat is a pincushion so I thought it would be a good idea to round-up all my favourite pincushion tutorials and patterns for inspiration and help. I’ll also be showing off new pincushions I’ve just finished plus favourites I’ve been gifted over the years. But let’s start

Pineapple Mini Quilt – FREE PDF PATTERN!!

  Gosh it’s been a while since I posted! Since then life has been busy and chaotic – some good and some bad stuff. I am slowly getting back on track with a little breathing space this week. I have lot’s to share from my trip to QuiltCon and will be putting together a report