It’s apple season! New wedding tapestry

It’s apple season! New wedding tapestry

We have been so delighted with the response to our Apple Tree Wedding tapestry that we launched earlier this year that we have added a new colourway for you. Apple Season Wedding includes some adorable autumnal tweaks. Apple Tree Wedding was immediately popular...
New! Apple Tree Wedding for your happy couple

New! Apple Tree Wedding for your happy couple

Weddings are back for 2022 and love is in the air! We are thrilled to unveil our new wedding tapestry, Apple Tree Wedding, which joins Love Birds and Congratulations as a beautiful design to stitch for a romantic occasion. With our Apple Tree Wedding tapestry...
Fabric for your Grey Hearts tapestry

Fabric for your Grey Hearts tapestry

Grey Hearts is a Jolly Red tapestry that comes in regularly for our sewing ladies to make into a cushion. There are lots of different fabric options for your Grey Hearts tapestry if you’ve finished stitching one and are about to send it in to us for making up,...
It’s here! Stitch a Daffodils tapestry for Ukraine

It’s here! Stitch a Daffodils tapestry for Ukraine

Hello! We’re here today with an update about our Brighter Days Daffodils tapestry, a special design that we’ve created as a fundraiser for the people of Ukraine. We were keen to do something to help in however small a way but at first we weren’t sure...
Fabric for your Arts & Crafts Owls tapestry

Fabric for your Arts & Crafts Owls tapestry

…and Arts and Crafts Tiles! Today we’ll take a look at some of the fabric options for Arts and Crafts Owls and its partner tapestry, Arts and Crafts Tiles. If you’re about to send in a finished canvas for our Making up Service, it’s hard to...
New! Dachshund Stripes tapestry kit

New! Dachshund Stripes tapestry kit

Dachshund Stripes is a fantastic new tapestry kit for lovers of the adorable diminutive dogs! Dachshunds are such popular dogs and when Janine, our in house sewing lady, bought herself a dachshund puppy it was inevitable that a dachshund tapestry would join our range...
A-Z Animals tapestry kits for your new arrival

A-Z Animals tapestry kits for your new arrival

Our A-Z Animals kits are fabulous not-too-big tapestries to stitch for a new arrival in your family. They also make wonderful christening gifts, and look great whether made into a cushion or framed as a picture, or made into a personalised book bag. Decisions,...
New! Robin tapestry kits

New! Robin tapestry kits

There’s something magical about robins! These little birds are a cheery sight all year round in our gardens, especially at Christmas. We are delighted to present two festive robin tapestry kits, Jingle Bell Robins and Starry Sky Robin. These adorable designs are...
Christmas Posting Dates

Christmas Posting Dates

A warm festive hello! The first week of December disappears almost as soon as it arrives so we’re here with a reminder about this year’s last posting dates for Christmas. If you like to come and collect a tapestry kit, we also have a note about visits to...
New! The Tennis Ball Thief tapestry

New! The Tennis Ball Thief tapestry

Hands up if you love a Jack Russell terrier! Yes, we do too – and we are just as besotted with our new tapestry kit, The Tennis Ball Thief. In our tapestry we’ve tried to capture both the traditional feel and the sense of mischief of William Morris’s...
New! Campervan Road Trip

New! Campervan Road Trip

It’s holiday season! Time to head to the beach or plan your perfect adventure. Campervan Road Trip is a wonderful tapestry to stitch at home or to relax with while you’re away. The new campervans join the popular Jolly Campervans. The design has space in...
New Jolly Red website

New Jolly Red website

Hello, and welcome to our new website. Regular visitors to our old site will notice that things look a little different. Everything from our old site has been moved across, but It’s a bit like moving house – you’re in your new home and know that all...
New! Townhouse Day & Night

New! Townhouse Day & Night

Hello, stitchy friends! Today we have two stunning new townhouse designs for you. They are perfect to stitch for your own home or to make as special handmade gifts for any occasion – a big birthday, housewarming, wedding or anniversary. Townhouse Day (below,...
For hen lovers, Lay A Little Egg tapestry kit

For hen lovers, Lay A Little Egg tapestry kit

Hello, tapestry pals! Today we bring you a cheerful hen themed new tapestry to take you into spring, our new Lay A Little Egg kit. In the design hens and chicks scratch around in a sunny garden. There’s a patchwork border of eggs and feathers, and a trio of...
New Year – and we’re here!

New Year – and we’re here!

A warm hello, and a very Happy New Year from all of us at Jolly Red. While we are in lockdown, our small team is very fortunate to be able to continue to work in our spacious and airy Somerset HQ. We are packing and posting kits, and our sewing ladies are once again...
Christmas posting dates

Christmas posting dates

Christmas is very close now, and this year we need to be more organised than ever if posting gifts to friends or relatives. Our mail services are dealing with far higher volumes of parcels than they normally have, so please shop early if you can. Your local postie...
Well done, everyone!

Well done, everyone!

We’ve just passed that much-queried date on the tapestry calendar, the last date for UK tapestries to be sent to our making up service and arrive back home in time for Christmas. If you’re reading this and aren’t quite sure about the deadline date,...
New fabric for your tapestry

New fabric for your tapestry

Hello! Today we bring you an exciting update about some new fabric that we have in stock. We are constantly looking for new colours to complement our tapestry designs, and to fill any colour gaps. I’ve been on a personal quest to find a ‘proper...
New! Grey Hearts

New! Grey Hearts

With autumn in the air, we bring you a new tapestry to snuggle up with on the sofa. With its greys, golds and pumpkin tones, Grey Hearts captures the colours of the season. Measuring 10.5″ x 10.5″ (approx, 27cm x 27cm) Grey Hearts is a lovely design to...
Home Sweet Workshop

Home Sweet Workshop

How time flies! We’ve been in our new home for about a month and already it feels like home. Thank you so much for your very kind messages and cards. Some of you asked to see pictures of our workshop once we’ve settled in, so here we are with a glimpse...