You’ve finished your tapestry and now it’s time for the next stage, the making up. If zips and piping take you out of your comfort zone, help is at hand with our popular making up service. Our team of skilled upholsterers can add the final flourish to your tapestry. Choose from three ranges: a textured cotton, a sturdy wool mix, and velvet.
A note of caution: Fabric manufacturers are constantly updating their ranges, adding colours or discontinuing them. it’s the nature of a fashion-led industry. For this reason, we recommend that you avoid using one colour backing for all of your tapestry cushions, as that colour may not be around for as long as you yourself will be stitching!
Today we’ll focus on our velvet fabrics. Velvet adds a luxurious finishing touch to your tapestry but may not always be the most practical option. Stitchers in warmer climates or with very lively and active households (humans and pets, perhaps) might consider our cotton fabrics.
Looking at the velvet, here we have greens and blues (subject to change but correct as of autumn 2024):
We have gold and oranges:
Moving on to reds and purples:
Finally, our greys and browns:
Fabric swatches We are happy to send swatches of fabric to UK addresses and can also advise over the phone – on 01460 281111 – if you aren’t sure about colours for your tapestry, even if it isn’t a Jolly Red design.
Posting your parcel When sending your tapestry to us, do use a Signed For method so that you’ll know that it’s arrived safely and be able to track it if it’s held up anywhere en route. You don’t necessarily need to send it in a tube. We encourage recycling so re-use a jiffy bag if you have one to hand, or the box that your tapestry arrived in.
Happy stitching if you’re finishing off a tapestry. We look forward to making it up into a beautiful family heirloom to be treasured for years to come.
Best wishes as always,
Kelly
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