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 yellow’, and finally the search is ov...
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New fabric for your tapestry
September 19th 2020
Sending a tapestry? Here’s a handy checklist
August 27th 2020
Hooray! You’ve finished your Jolly Red tapestry, so now it’s time to have it made into a cushion. Before packing it up to post to us, here are a few things tips/suggestions: Check for missed stitches It’s easy to miss stitches, particularly single ‘dot’ stitches, or tho...
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Cotton fabric for your tapestry
July 30th 2020
Our range of cotton fabric continues to grow. Many of the shades that we stock have a ‘faded bright’ look to them, colours which work well with our designs. We also have some lovely bright colours so if you’re looking for a clean and crisp finish to your tapestry we should be able ...
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Home Sweet Workshop
July 28th 2020
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 into our new space......
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Fabric choices for your Christmas stocking
July 11th 2020
It’s mid-July, the official start of Christmas stocking season in our topsy-turvy tapestry world. We receive Jolly Redders’ stitched stockings all year for our Making up Service, but from July onwards the pace really picks up. If you’ve just finished a festive masterpiece, the chan...
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We’re still here!
March 23rd 2020
Good morning! It’s the start of another very strange week for all of us, and we want to reassure you that we are still working, making up tapestries and sending out kits from our Somerset HQ. Since the launch of our new Blossom Birds tapestry, we’ve been very busy. Many of our customers ...
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Fabric for Arts & Crafts Owls
March 10th 2020
…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 know which colour – or even w...
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Fabric for your Owls Christmas stocking
December 28th 2018
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 and then there are their smaller friends the Woodland Owls, measuring 16″ x 12″ (41cm x 30cm)...
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Georgina’s flowers
November 22nd 2018
It’s always a pleasure to be able to transform forgotten needlework into fabulous cushions, and this year quite a few heirloom tapestries have made their way to our Somerset hideaway for a bit of workshop magic. Today we’ll focus on two recent arrivals, Georgina’s floral canvases. ...
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Fabric for your Tree of Life
September 14th 2018
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 between the tree and the lower border of the design, there’s always the option to stitc...
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Cool cats get in early
June 21st 2018
A big sunny hello! It’s midsummer, that time of year when we gently remind you to send in your finished tapestries for our Making up Service. It’s a busy time of year in the garden, but it would be great if you could take a break to dig out (excuse the pun) any tapestries that......
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Fabric for your Camelcade tapestry
April 18th 2018
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 all manner of fabulous ideas when sending in their parcels for our needlepoint Making Up Ser...
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Fabric for Ba-Ba-Bloom and Ba-Ba-Birds
March 1st 2018
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 tapestries, from grey woolly fabric through to orange velvet and lime cotton. One thing to consider...
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Fabric for your Indian Elephant
February 1st 2018
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 what’s more there are absolutely no fiddly bits or pesky shading. Quite simply, you can rel...
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Ba-Ba-Bloom! Your new favourite floral
May 5th 2017
What a wonderful response we’ve had to our new retro floral design, Ba-Ba-Bloom. Thank you so much for your orders, comments and all-round enthusiasm. This really is the floral design you’ve been waiting for! We are so pleased with the design, which resulted from many attempts at getti...
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