5 Cottagecore Projects For You and Your Home

What is Cottagecore, you ask? Cottagecore is an aesthetic that pays homage to an idealized rural life. You’ve probably seen images and videos reflecting the trend on TikTok and Instagram - tiny houses surrounded by wildflowers, flower prints, nostalgic countryside scenes, and peasant dresses, to name a few things that represent the idea of a more simple life.

Activities and aesthetics that Cottagecore encompasses are wide-ranging, covering everything from cooking to fashion to gardening to crafting. Cottagecore activities encourage you to slow down, find purpose, and enjoy the process of creating. We love the idea of finding fulfillment through crafting nostalgic and romantic pieces of art.

Read on for our top 5 Cottagecore-inspired projects that are engaging, beautiful, and accessible.

1. Stitch a modern crewelwork sampler

Crewel embroidery is a beautiful form of embroidery that uses wool to create a slightly raised design on a linen fabric background. Texture and color pop off the fabric (literally), making crewel projects the perfect home decor pieces to personalize your space. Rediscover crewel embroidery with colorful wool and cheerful designs sure to brighten any home with Modern Crewel Embroidery. Jo Avery invites you to take on this traditional heritage art and make projects that pop!

2. Learn to make felt florals

Learn to make felt plants and flowers so rich with detail; they look freshly picked! Bryanne Rajamannar is a flower-power queen who shares her techniques and projects for making fabulous felt flowers, including magnolia, poppy, ranunculus, rose, and sunflower, in Felt Flower Workshop. Not only do these projects give off major #plantmom energy and give any space a Cottagecore aesthetic, but the craft is actually very easy and inexpensive.

3. Make a macramé wall hanging

Macramé is a textile craft in which knotting techniques are used to create designs and patterns. It's no surprise that macramé has taken the craft world by storm — stress and worries melt away, and the results are simply gorgeous. This wall hanging from Make it Modern Macramé is the ultimate macramé project—a beautiful, big, boho wall hanging. This design has lots of long fringe that you can trim creatively or adorn with beads, shells, or other items. Have fun testing your macramé skills with this design!

4. Hand-sew a gorgeous quilt

Embrace the chance to unwind and enjoy the process of creating handmade quilt blocks with Becky Goldsmith’s step-by-step instructions. Start at the beginning and learn how to appliqué, quilt, and paper piece by hand, and appreciate the unique dedication of a hand-sewn project, guaranteeing your patchwork project to be one of your most memorable and personal quilts to date. Becky’s Hand Sewing is truly a journey to unplug, slow down, and enjoy the process. The best part of working by hand is that you can take this project wherever you go. Yes, you can be that person at the local coffee shop hand-sewing a quilt.

5. Appliqué a lovely quilt

William Morris once said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." A celebrated designer and poet, he is known for his intricate textile work. No artist ever captured the beauty of nature in such exquisite detail as William Morris. Now Michele Hill has transformed his graceful birds, flowers, vines, and woodland creatures into appliqué designs any quilter can master. Even if you have never quilted before, the quilts, cushions, and wallhangings in William Morris in Applique are easy to follow and teach you Morris-inspired designs and motifs.

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