There are so many colours to choose from in our cotton fabrics. We stock many shades that have a ‘faded bright’ look to them, colours which work well with Jolly Red tapestry designs.
We also have some lovely bright colours so if you’re looking for a clean and crisp finish to your tapestry, we will be able to help. Last year we added a new range of cotton with a ‘brushed’ look to them – you’ll find pictures of them towards the end of this blog so scroll down to see all of our boards.
Let’s start with the greens, from quiet Pistachio through to Bottle Green. Racing Green is a new addition to our range and is a great option for Jolly Red Christmas stockings.
If you’d like us to send you samples of fabric for a tapestry you’ve finished, call us on 01460 281111, or message us via our website.
Our yellows:
Our neutrals with Cream, Taupe and Biscuit. We have more neutrals in another textured cotton range, so scroll down for those.
Continuing with more earthy tones:
Jane stitched her Jolly Hearts tapestry with wool from her yarn stash, having bought a canvas on its own. It looks great with a mitred border in Brick JRCB03 and contrast piping in Sandcastle JRCY03. The colours work so well with Jane’s wools and the cotton fabric provide a nice, crisp finish to Jane’s cushion.
On to our reds. Robin is the most popular red cotton for our Christmas stockings.
Moving on to our pink and purple cottons. Leia and Flamingo are two new pinks – proper pinks!
Continue to scroll as we have more purples in another range.
Now for the blues and teals:
From Cream to Black, with some lovely greys between. Pearl is new and a great option if you want a hint of grey for your tapestry.
Our black cotton is more of a chalky black as you can see here on this Flying Felines tapestry, with a black border and yellow piping.
Now we’re moving on to another range of cotton fabric. These are a slightly lighter weight than the ones we’ve just shown but again have a lovely texture.
This range has a lovely turquoise, mauve and pink.
Grape was an excellent choice as border and backing for Chris’s Nursery A-Z tapestry:
With Pat’s Butterfly tapestries, we mixed and matched the fabrics using Crystal JRNC05 for Sarah, and Robin JRCR01 for Alys, each with contrast piping.
What a lot of personal touches on Laura’s Mermaid cushion, with Lalo’s name and date of birth in the border, and extra hearts too. We used Bubblegum JRCN06 for the border of the cushion, with Primrose JRCY01 for piping.
We have another fabric range of gorgeous cottons with a soft, brushed feel. The colours fill the gaps not covered by our other ranges and can be used on their own or combined with the other fabric, for instance as a contrast piping.
Please quote the codes and the name if you need us to send you samples for your tapestry.
On to the greens and blues:
New additions in sunshine shades:
And more blues! You love using blues for your tapestry and so do we!
Availability of particular colours/fabric Please call Jolly Red on 01460 281111 or contact us by email if you’d like to check that a particular colour is in stock.
Posting your tapestry If you’ll be posting your tapestry to us for our making up service, take a quick look here at our handy checklist. We remind you of important things like holding your work up to the light to check for missed stitches and resisting the urge to trim down your canvas.
Once you have packaged your tapestry securely, please use a ‘signed for’ method to post it to us.
We will email you once we have opened your parcel, to let you know it has arrived safely.
That’s it for now. We hope you’ve enjoyed seeing our new and updated range of cotton fabric.
Best wishes,
Kelly and the Jolly Red sewing ladies x
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