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Bloom-Pah-Pah and Ditsy Daisies
With festival season in full swing, we're celebrating with a little flower power of our own - two new floral tapestries, Bloom-Pah-Pah and Ditsy Daisies. These gorgeous new designs join the popular...
Stitched one? Stitch two!
There's something very satisfying about stitching a pair of tapestries. They can be cushions for two special chairs, or perhaps you picture them on either end of a sofa. Over the years several of...
Paradise Birds
Three cheers for spring! Love is in the air, and the birds are in full song. Today's new design, Paradise Birds, is a joyful celebration of birds and romance. Paradise Birds was great fun to design...
Animal Ark stocking
We are delighted to be able to reveal our our new Noah's Ark themed Christmas stocking, Animal Ark. Animal Ark has taken a long time to evolve, after several earlier versions. We already have a...
Small tapestry…big surprise
When you stitch a tapestry for a special occasion, even the smallest of designs will make a huge impression. Giving a handmade gift is such a lovely thing to do and with a tapestry you've created...
Fabric for your Owls Christmas stocking
Our owl-themed Christmas stocking kits are available in each of our two Christmas stocking shapes. First, we have the larger Owls stocking, measuring 19″ x 14″ (48cm x 36cm) at tallest/widest points...
Fabric for your Tree of Life
Tree of Life is one of our most versatile tapestry designs. It'll take pride of place at home on your favourite armchair or sofa, and will look wonderful in a conservatory or summerhouse. With space...
New! Country Cottage
Today we have a treat for you, a travel sized stash-busting printed canvas. Wherever you are this summer, you'll need to take a Country Cottage canvas with you. Stick it in your bag, rucksack or...
Camel Trek, friends for Camelcade
We are delighted to present Camel Trek, a fantastic new partner tapestry for our very popular Camelcade. Finally we can solve the mystery of where our original camels were heading - it was to meet...
Jolly Campervans Beside The Sea
It's time to head to the beach with our two new tapestry designs, Jolly Campervans and Beside The Sea. These new sun-filled tapestry kits have been designed to be made up in several different ways,...
Fabric for your Camelcade tapestry
Colours! Neutral, or bold? One fabric, or mix them up? It's decision time, the next step when you've completed a tapestry and want to have it made into a cushion. Jolly Red stitchers come up with...
Woodland Owls Christmas stocking
We love Christmas stockings and are delighted to share with you our newest one, Woodland Owls. The design is based on the original Owls Christmas stocking - Stanley in the picture below - that we...
Fabric for Ba-Ba-Bloom and Ba-Ba-Birds
Today we're looking at fabric for Ba-Ba-Bloom and Ba-Ba-Birds tapestries. If you're sending your tapestry in for our making up service there are many choices and combinations for these two...
New! Alcazar tapestry
Conjure up a cosy starry night with our new tapestry, Alcazar. This design has been a long time coming and we hope you like it. A few years ago I started to think about our lovely Alhambra Stars....
Fabric for your Indian Elephant
Indian Elephant is a good tapestry to stitch at any time of the year. In the dark winter months the design's strong shapes and clear colours make stitching in the evening stitching a pleasure, and...
Fairytale and Owls Christmas stockings
More gorgeous Christmas stockings! Today it's the turn of Fairytale and Owls to find a space on our blog. Each of these two designs is in the larger of our two stocking shapes. Let's start with...
Cats and Dogs, and Angels stockings
In today's Christmas stockings update we're looking at two quite different designs, Angels and Cats and Dogs stockings. Each of these designs is in our larger size, so would sit well alongside...
Christmas Alphabet Stockings
A veritable A-Z of festive imagery, Christmas Alphabet is a wonderful tapestry stocking kit to stitch if you enjoy seeing how much you've achieved at the end of a stitching session. With its...
Toy Box Christmas stockings
Hands in the air, and a big wave to Father Christmas as he arrives on a steam train to deliver the Christmas tree for the toys in the nursery. It's the turn of our Toy Box Christmas stocking to bask...
Noah, Puppies, Santa and Dreaming
Now for a look at some of the smaller Christmas stockings that you've been busily stitching this year. We present a very happy gathering of Noah, Puppies, Santa and Dreaming Christmas stockings....
Silent Night Christmas stockings
It's time for the annual celebration of the Jolly Red Christmas stockings that have been sent in to our Somerset workshop for our making up service. This year we've assembled albums of finished...
New! Owls Christmas Stocking
Look who's come to say hello! It's our new Christmas Owls, on their very own stocking. We think they will receive a very warm welcome, as the latest addition to our larger shaped Christmas...
New! Ba-Ba-Birds tapestry
Following on from the successful launch of Ba-Ba-Bloom earlier this year, we are delighted to announce a new and equally gorgeous partner tapestry, Ba-Ba-Birds. Ba-Ba-Birds radiates happiness with...
Tapestry for a handmade wedding
Stitching a tapestry for a wedding or anniversary is a real pleasure, on many levels. For you the stitcher, there's the enjoyment of creating it and while doing so you are filled with the quiet...
Arts and Crafts Owls tapestry
This is a busy and very exciting design year for us at Jolly Red. The process of tapestry design is not exactly instant, and as perfectionists we like to keep reworking and tweaking designs until...
