Jo Avery – the Blog

Bear Paw Parade Quilt

    Introducing Bear Paw Parade! This is a new quilt that features in issue 54 of Today’s Quilter which is out now.  I made this quilt using the beautiful Murmur fabric by Valori Wells that Free Spirit sent my at the start of the year. It’s lovely to be able to finally reveal this

Harvest Festival Quilt

I have a new quilt to share with you today! This is Harvest Festival which is featured in the new issue of Today’s Quilter (53), out today. No cover quilt for me this month and rightly so as my quilt couldn’t compete with that stunning log cabin from Lynne Goldsworthy! Instead you will find my

Avery Garland Quilt

I’m so pleased that I can finally share this special quilt with you. This is my Avery Garland quilt which I made for the new issue (52) of Today’s Quilter, which comes out today in the UK. And it made the cover! It’s a mixture of English Paper Piecing and applique which I started back

Lisbon Tile Quilt

I’m super happy to have a quilt on the cover of Today’s Quilter after a long break! In fact it’s been a long time since I had a quilt project actually in the magazine. After spending the last few years designing their Block of the Month series and then working on my book I haven’t

Finished Vintage Home Quilt Reveal!

Ta-dah!! It’s finished and revealed! I’m delighted to share my Vintage Home BOM quilt with you today. The latest issue of Today’s Quilter (number 41) is out today and as well as featuring yet another stunning Lynne Goldsworthy cover quilt, you will also find instructions for completing the Vintage Home quilt. I’ve kept the setting

Quilting on the Radio AND the TV!

What an exciting week I am having! First up you can hear me talking to the adorable Pat Sloan on the American Patchwork and Quilting Radio Podcast! I felt so honoured to be asked to chat to Pat on her show.  Through the Aurifil DOM and the Splendid Sampler 2 projects that we’ve been working

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 10

Well I promised you a big block this month and I’m delighted to present my Vintage Sewing Machine block! This is the only block this month and though it looks quite complicated it does break down into 4 manageable sections (with a little bit of applique detail to finish). We are already up to month

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 8

It’s that time of the month again – phew the weeks seem to speed by at the moment! Yes it’s month 8 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along, and we have finally moved out of the kitchen and found ourselves a little light. This month’s blocks are a table lamp, complete with pleated shade,