Jo Avery CREATIVE CORNER

love of mini quilts began when I started swapping them with others. When I first started my blog over a decade ago, the online quilting action happened through the photo hosting site Flickr. This was being cleverly subverted by groups of crafters who used it to organise all sorts of swapping activity, which involved sending handmade items around the globe. The most desirable of these was the Doll Quilt Swap (DQS), but before you could join, you had to prove yourself as a model swapper in one of the lesser groups. This was to make sure you knew how the rules of swaps worked and could prove your trustworthiness, quilting ability and participation level. Therefore, my first swap foray was as part of the Mini Quilt Swap, where I made a bit of a splash with my tiny patchwork pennant ‘Tudor Vine’. The