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Buy a printed tapestry canvas without the wool

Buy a printed tapestry canvas without the wool

Hello tapestry friends! It's now really easy for you to order a Jolly Red printed tapestry canvas on its own (minus the wool). We have added a very smart 'Canvas Only' option for each kit on our website. Shown below is how the updated category pages on our website...

Choosing the right size tapestry frame

Choosing the right size tapestry frame

Here at Jolly Red, we love tapestry frames and wouldn't stitch without one. Choosing the right size of tapestry frame can be confusing so we have some tips to help you if you're about to buy your first tapestry frame (for yourself or as a gift for a stitching friend...

Super Sleigh Bells! New Christmas stocking kit

Super Sleigh Bells! New Christmas stocking kit

Ding-a-ling! Sleigh Bells is the newest addition to our Christmas stocking tapestry kits. For those of you who like to keep count, Sleigh Bells is the ninth Christmas stocking in our range of 'slightly larger' Christmas stockings, the other size being a wee bit...

Buying a printed canvas on its own

Buying a printed canvas on its own

If you are a keen stitcher, it's easy to amass a lot of spare wool from your tapestry projects. What's to be done with all that wool - long bits, short bits, and the occasional whole skein? Well, one way of having fun and using some of it up is to buy the printed...

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 we've...

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...

Ten reasons to use a tapestry frame

Ten reasons to use a tapestry frame

Here at Jolly Red, we are big fans of tapestry frames. For those of you who have never used a frame before and are thinking about trying one, we all got together in the workshop and jotted down some of the reasons that they appeal to us: 1. Getting into good...

New! Country Cottage

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 suitcase or if you'll be travelling or going on holiday, or keep it...

Christmas Alphabet Stockings

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 patchwork of alphabet squares from 'a' for angel, to 'zzz' a sleepy child in...

Noah, Puppies, Santa and Dreaming

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. First up, Puppies Christmas stocking, demonstrating that the name panel...