Jo Avery – the Blog

Christmas Reindeer Sew Along!

I’m delighted to announce a NEW Sew Along! Last February I launched my Patchwork Pony pattern and hosted the Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along. It was so much fun and afterwards I had a lot of requests for a repeat SAL. And then my good friend Ali suggested adding antlers to the pony and making

Bedding Plants QAL – Finishing Up

It’s time to put our flower rows together and finish our Bedding Plants quilt! It’s very exciting to see this already happening in the Facebook Group and on Instagram and I am just delighted with how many of our ‘quiltalongers’ have managed to keep up and stitch all their rows. In this post I thought

Bedding Plants QAL 4 – The Fan Flower Row

Part 4 of the Bedding Plants QAL is the FAN FLOWER!  Everyone did so well with their poppy blocks and managed all those curves perfectly. So now it’s time to dip our toes into the FPP water… I know FPP can be scary for some and TBH it can be tricky at first. I have

Bedding Plants QAL 1 – The Rose Row

Welcome to part 1 of the Bedding Plants QAL!  We’ll begin by making the Rose Row. I’ll be sharing step images and tips as well as instructions for making the first of my new small projects, the Rose Cross Cushion! But first let’s take a look at some of the other issues that might come

Bedding Plants QAL

PART ONE OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE  PART TWO OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE (CONTAINS NEEDLE-TURN APPLIQUE TUTORIAL) Finally, after a year of broken promises I am ready to launch the Bedding Plants QAL!! This is actually the first Quilt Along I have ever hosted and there is a surprising amount

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 9

We are moving into the sewing room for month 9 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! I hope this will be a fun month for everyone.  The row of spools above is such a nice quick project, and it’s a lovely way to showcase different prints. And then we have two button

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 4

Welcome to Month 4 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! This month it’s all about storage. Perhaps you’ve had a big re-organisation or a clear out of unwanted clutter at the start of the year?  Maybe you’ve found some new (or vintage) tins or containers to store stuff in?  Well that’s the

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 2

Welcome to month 2 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along!  I have been so happy to see your teapots popping up all over Instagram! Even my sister Jane is joining in 🙂 This month we are adding to our Tea Party with with some cups and saucers.  And as these are quite small blocks we