A Cottage for All Seasons – Spring
New release · August 2026
A Cottage for All Seasons – Spring
Cottage with a sewing pocket
Price: $24 (chart)
A collaboration project of Giulia Punti Antichi and MTVDesigns
Giulia and I designed four cottages, one for each season. Spring is covered in wisteria and window boxes full of flowers, with a green wool roof.
Each cottage is mounted on a padded backing board and finished with a wool fabric from the Weeks Dye Works collection. At the back there is a wool pocket to hold your scissors, thread keepers, a small ruler and other little sewing tools. The finishing instructions are the same for all four cottages.
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The details
| Design | A Cottage for All Seasons – Spring |
|---|---|
| Designers | Giulia Punti Antichi and Maria Teresa Vitali |
| Stitch count | 89 w × 74 h |
| Stitches | Cross stitch over 2, backstitch |
| Model stitched on | 36 ct White linen by Zweigart, 9″ × 10″ |
| Wool | 2176 Meadow, Weeks Dye Works wool collection, for the roof and the back pocket |
| Threads | DMC, 1 skein each |
Finished size
| Fabric | Inches | cm |
|---|---|---|
| Aida 14 | 6.36 × 5.29 | 16.1 × 13.4 |
| Aida 16 | 5.56 × 4.62 | 14.1 × 11.7 |
| Linen 28 ct over 2 | 6.36 × 5.29 | 16.1 × 13.4 |
| Linen 32 ct over 2 | 5.56 × 4.62 | 14.1 × 11.7 |
| Linen 36 ct over 2 (model) | 4.94 × 4.11 | 12.6 × 10.4 |
Stitched area only. Fabric for the model: 9″ × 10″ of 36 ct White linen by Zweigart.
Threads
DMC, 1 skein of each color.
| DMC | Color |
|---|---|
| 310 | Black |
| 333 | Very Dark Blue Violet |
| 340 | Medium Blue Violet |
| 341 | Light Blue Violet |
| 355 | Dark Terra Cotta |
| 356 | Medium Terra Cotta |
| 471 | Very Light Avocado Green |
| 472 | Ultra Light Avocado Green |
| 498 | Dark Christmas Red |
| 732 | Olive Green |
| 758 | Very Light Terra Cotta |
| 891 | Dark Carnation |
| 898 | Very Dark Coffee Brown |
| 3078 | Very Light Golden Yellow |
| 3371 | Black Brown |
| 3746 | Dark Blue Violet |
| 3778 | Light Terra Cotta |
| B5200 | Snow White |
Backstitch with 1 strand of DMC 333.
Finishing
- Backing · two 5″ × 6½″ (13 × 16.5 cm) backing board pieces and two pieces of thin white batting the same size.
- Fabric · one 7″ × 8½″ (18 × 22 cm) piece of sage green cotton finishing fabric and one 7″ × 8″ (18 × 20 cm) piece of Weeks Dye Works wool, 2176 Meadow, for the roof and the back pocket.
- Also · a 5″ (13 cm) piece of polyester ribbon for the chimney loop, matching sewing thread, heavy-duty thread, acid-free stick glue and Tacky Glue.
Happy stitching!
Design © 2026 Giulia Punti Antichi and Maria Teresa Vitali, MTVDesigns. All rights reserved.
