The popularity of our making up service speaks for itself. We no longer have quiet periods, though we do ask you  to avoid sending work in during early January as we like to have a bit of a break after the Christmas rush. We cannot to do any making up - or even think about it - from Christmas until mid-January, if we did we'd go mad! Please don't post anything to us from December 21st - January 11th, chances are the Royal Mail will have been striking again and your tapestry might get stuck in a pre-Christmas backlog in a sorting office - best to keep it safe with you for a while longer.

Making up Prices Spring 2010

Note re heavy items: our postage charges on heavy items have increased considerably in the last 12 months. Some of the larger cushions can cost up to £22.00 to return to customers, so  from now on we will sometimes have to send your  tapestry (the precious, most important part) back to you by Special Delivery and the cushion pad (not so valuable) by standard recorded post if the combined weight puts the postage charge at an unreasonable level. We only ever allowed £5.00 for the postage, and the cost of sending back even a teacosy is £6.90.

It might help to remember that some shops and other tapestry companies charge £30 for the canvas stretching alone ...

Making Up Prices (includes return delivery of tapestry to UK address by registered post) - for Jolly Red Designs Only.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE PAYMENT WITH YOUR WORK, OR CALL THE OFFICE ON 01460 281111 WITH CREDIT CARD DETAILS - we don't have time to call you for payment details!

Standard Making Up - Design size up to 12" square = £51.00

Standard Making Up - Design size 12" - 18" = £56.00

Standard Making Up - Design size over 18" = £65.00

Small Designs (Jolly Kids, and all designs up to 6" square. Jolly Red designs only!= £46.00. This includes a mitred border which can be as wide as you like. Please specify width required when sending in your work. Non-Jolly Red designs, please add £10.00.

Mitred Edging Please add £6.00 (per design) to the above prices

Teacosies: £45.00

Christmas Stockings: £45.00

Non-Jolly Red Designs - important note! Please add £10.00 per each non-Jolly Red design.  See note below for additional reasons for the extra charge

Payment Methods Please either enclose a cheque made payable to Jolly Red with your work, or include credit card details. Alternatively, if you prefer not to send credit card details through the post, you can phone the office on 01460 281111 and give your card details in that way. All making up should be sent to:

Jolly Red Making Up Service

Unit 1 Monks Dairy Workshops

Isle Brewers

Somerset

TA3 6QL.

Please allow up to 8 weeks for your work to be returned, though we usually much faster than this!

MAKING UP DEADLINE FOR ALL WORK NEEDED BY CHRISTMAS 2010 IS END OF OCTOBER

Why do we charge extra for making up non-Jolly Red designs?

We need to charge extra for a multitude of reasons!! Here are a few that come to mind:

1. We often have to order in extra fabrics in different colours to match up with designs that are not in our range. However small the design, we need to order in at least 2m...then we need to get zips to match, which we have to buy in 3s. (it becomes extremely expensive).

2. We know that department stores charge at least double our prices for making up, with many insisting that you also provide your own fabric. Supply of fabric is included in our prices.

3. Varying quality of some of the non-Jolly Red canvas, some of which is so poor that it takes at least two attempts to even stretch the canvas adequately before it can be made up.

4. The colours sometimes run on non-Jolly Red canvases. We are amazed that some companies use printers who do not correctly finish their canvases so that the colours are fast, but they do. We are experienced at spotting such canvases and always carry out a fastness test before dampening the whole canvas.

5. Our making up service is just so busy! Sometimes we can only just cope with the number of Jolly Red designs and find it incredibly hard to squeeze in any others.