Summer Cottage Paid Download

Black-eyed Susans greet visitors at the fence, while roses climb the trellis and purple astilbe lines the walkway in this delightful scene designed by Sharon Pope. The tiny details within the window are stitched over one thread, while the windowpanes can be worked in cross-stitch or Hardanger.

Design size: 10 x 12" (25.4 x 30.5cm)

Stitch count: 140w x 168h

Model fabric: 28-ct. Glass Blue Monaco Cloth by Charles Craft (stitched over two threads; petit point stitched over one thread); two pieces of fabric are needed if working the optional Hardanger portion

Materials needed to complete: cross-stitch fabric, DMC cotton embroidery floss, Caron Wildflowers thread, and #12 perle cotton (optional; for Hardanger portion)

This is a downloadable pattern, first published in the July 2003 issue of Stitcher’s World magazine. Supplies used to stitch this pattern were available at the time of publication. However, you may need to find substitutes if supplies are no longer available.