Jo Avery – the Blog

Oakshott Medallion Quarter Quilt

Happy New Year! It feels good to be getting back to normal after the festivities and I am delighted to share what I have been working on over the last week or so. Back in August the lovely folks at Oakshott  Fabrics asked me if I would like to design something using one of their

Patchwork Pennant

Popular Patchwork was one of the first magazines to publish my patterns, nearly 3 years ago now. I’ve been kept pretty busy with the newer magazines like Love Patchwork and Quilting and Quilt Now recently, but now PP has a new editor I’ve been lured back!  She is the lovely Liz Betts, one of my

Free-hand Foundation Piecing Tutorial

Welcome to the first stop on the Oakshott Colourshott Blog Hop! Hosted by Lily’s Quilt Blog this little season of inspirational posts will be bringing you a whole host of new ideas for using the wonderful Oakshott cottons! Recently I’ve returned to one of my first patchwork loves – foundation piecing, and more importantly free-hand

Folded Patchwork Tutorial

Today I am taking part in the Oakshott Colourshott bloghop! I am the first stop on the hop and very excited to be sharing this new tutorial with you all! You can check out all the other stops on the bloghop over at Lilys Quilts. A few weeks back the very kind people at Oaskhott