Jo Avery – the Blog

Granny Blanket QAYG Quilt

Here is my newest project for Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine! Some of you may be surprised at the simple, sparse look of this quilt, as usually my quilts are a little ‘fancier’. But read on and you will find out why I wanted to make it so much. Issue 23 is now available and

Patchwork knitting bag and needle roll

It’s been a few months since I had any projects featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine so I am excited to share my patchwork knitting bag and needle roll with you! Issue 22 is out now and my bag even made the cover inset shot! The snowball pattern is meant to resemble balls of

Weekend Quilting

Who fancies some Weekend Quilting over this extra long weekend? The lovely folks at Love Patchwork and Quilting have put together this one-off bumper magazine which is a kind of greatest hits from the last year or so of their issues. So if you missed the issue with my Clamshells Cushion in… Or my Gossip

Kantha Throw

Issue 18 of Love Patchwork and Quilting is out now and it includes this Kantha Throw which is the last in my series of ‘stitchy’ projects. I am loving the colour palette on the cover this month and all three of these projects are fabulous, especially Modern Handcrafts genius hexy technique and Julie’s gorgeous cushion.

More Sashiko

Issue 17 of Love Patchwork and Quilting hits the newsstand today and it includes the next project in my ‘stitchy series’, this time Sashiko! Karen Lewis’s quilt on the front cover is just delightful and a real bright spark in these dark months. I am in love with Fiona’s spool bunting – what a genius

Scandi Stitch Cushion

I’ve been working on a short series of ‘stitchy’ projects for Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine and the first one to appear in print is this Scandi style needlework cushion. It’s in issue 16 which should be out now and features Lynne’s fabulous Honeycomb Hexie quilt on the cover. The photo at the top is

Dala Horse

Issue 15 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine hits the newstands today and I am so happy to be able to share this month’s project with you… …my Dala Horse! And look, he made the cover too!! This was one of my favourite projects for LP&Q that I’ve done so far. The nice thing about

Giant Clamshells

It seems a long time since I showed you something I made! All my time recently has been taken up with the Stitch Gathering or making stuff that I can’t show you yet. And then for the last week I have been either ill or busy organising our Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild Luke Haynes event

Love Patchwork & Quilting Subscription Offer!!

Today I’m sharing a really amazing subscription offer from everyone’s favourite UK patchwork magazine, Love Patchwork and Quilting! Try 3 issues for £3 when you subscribe today!! Visit: www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/LPQ31Z and sign up! Overseas? See link above for special overseas offers Terms and Conditions: This offer is for new UK print subscribers paying by Direct Debit

Disappearing Diamonds

  I made these cushion covers for the latest issue of Love Patchwork and Quilting, which is out today… This issue is all about colour so I was playing around with a 2-tone effect. A bit out of my confort zone really (why use 2 colours when you can use 20?!) and I have to