United Kingdom
Jo Avery has been playing with fabric and yarn for as long as she can remember, culminating in her current role as a designer, teacher and entrepreneur. Her natural affinity with expressive colour informs all her quilts and her love of intricate techniques such as needle-turn appliqué and embroidery allows her to embrace both modern and traditional aesthetics. She is a regular contributor to a number of quilt publications and enjoys inspiring others through her studio workshops in Edinburgh and at events such as the Festival of Quilts in the UK and Quilt Festival in Houston. She organises the Stitch Gathering, an annual quilt retreat, and co-organises The Thread House weekend retreats in Bristol and Yorkshire along side Karen Lewis. She is also an Aurifil Designer with three of her own thread collections and in 2020 her first solo book New Patchwork and Quilting Basics was published by Stash Books.