Jo Avery – the Blog

A new use for quilts

As I am right in the middle of making a new quilt with nothing much to show you at present, I thought I would catch up on a couple of little projects I finished around Christmas time (better late than never!). This first one is a tiny mini quilt for my eldest son Felix, the

How I spent my Christmas Break…

 … I spent it mainly sock knitting! Yes as predicted by many readers, the sock knitting was very addictive and once I started I wanted to get those socks finished!  And I guess I did need a bit of a rest… so despite all my quilt-making plans, I spent a lot of time on the

Progress and Beginnings

I’m very excited to be at home today, the first Christmas Eve I have had off for 13 years! That’s the perils of working in retail for you. This is the first day of 7 consecutive days at home and I have so much new crafting planned! But first let’s look at how I’ve been

I think I’m going to need more socks!

I was a very lucky girl and got 3 awesome craft books for Christmas. I love getting a new book full of projects that I just can’t wait to try! I hope to share projects from all of the books with you over the next few weeks, but first up, I’m going to play with