Jo Avery – the Blog

Social Bite Village Quilt Drive Update

I have six beautiful new donated quilts to share with you but first I wanted to talk about the opening of the Social Bite Village! The official launch happened over a month ago with a gathering of all the folks involved in the project plus lots of media and local dignitaries. I attended with Jonathan

The Tiny House in fabric!

I planned to post about this before my recent holiday, and definitely before Christmas, but I just ran out of time. So now we are on ‘the other side’ (as I like to think of this rather relaxing time of year) I can finally write a post about my husband’s Tiny House and my recent

The Thread House Pattern Launch and GIVEAWAY!!

Our The Thread House patterns are now ready to purchase! You can check them all out here. Right get ready for some serious quilting eye candy… We are so pleased with our first six patterns! We hope you like them too. At present you can only buy them as a download but paper patterns will

Rainbow Wheel Quilt

Back in the spring I was very busy making quilts for magazines and now a whole bunch of them are being published at the same time and I can finally show them off! So expect plenty of finished quilt posts over the summer. First up is my Rainbow Wheel Quilt featured in Love Patchwork and

Summer Garland Applique

I’ve been a bit busy over the last week getting ready for a weekend of celebration for my 50th birthday (which is actually tomorrow). I had a fab time at my party on Saturday with lots of family and friends coming to visit and general merriment (and of course Karaoke!!)! The weather was also amazing!

Lone Star Rising Quilt

I’m delighted to be sharing my Lone Star Rising quilt with you today! I made this quilt at the beginning of the year for Quilt Now magazine. It is the first Lone Star I have made and I totally fell in love with the pattern. I can see a few more Lone Star quilts in