Imagine stepping through a weathered door and discovering a hidden sanctuary, where every corner holds a secret waiting to be uncovered. Inspired by the beloved novel, the Secret Garden collection invites you into a world of deep, moody shades, rich with mystery.
This exquisite range of variegated embroidery floss captures the essence of the story, bringing the magic of nature to life with delicate hues and captivating color shifts. Featuring Cottage Garden Threads’ signature qualities— a soft feel, low knotting rate, and beautiful variegation—your stitching experience will be nothing short of delightful. Whether you're embellishing a treasured heirloom or creating something new, this premium floss ensures every stitch is a masterpiece. With colors this enchanting, you won’t want to keep your work a secret!
Thread Lengths & Weights
Stranded – 6 stranded thread is divisible into 6 strands and can be used as a single strand or multiple strands together. CGT stranded threads come in three lengths:
10m (10 yd, 93 in) cut into 50cm (19.685 in) lengths and
50m (54 yd, 24.5in) in one continuous strand.
By special order, CGT threads also come in two weights - Perle 8 and Perle 12. Perle thread has a sheen finish because it is a round thread. The higher the number of Perle – the finer the thread. Perle 12 is equivalent to 2 strands of stranded cotton. Perle 8 is equivalent to 4 strands of stranded cotton. CGT Perle threads are 15m (16 yd, 40 in) continuous.
Our Clever Packaging
A note from the dye room
Every skein of Cottage Garden Threads is hand-dyed in small batches, giving our hand-dyed threads the depth and character only true small-batch dyeing can create. We've spent years perfecting the batch-to-batch consistency that's rare among hand-dyed threads, but because no two dye days are ever identical, we follow a simple rule of thumb: buy enough, plus one. That extra skein keeps your project within a single dye lot, and you'll spot the symbol on our packaging as a friendly reminder. Curious about how hand-dyed thread dye lots work? Read more on our blog: dye lots
Shipping & dispatch
Our small-batch studio handles every step in-house - from dye pot to packaging to post, so here's what to expect. In-stock colours are usually dispatched within 48 hours, though during sale periods this can extend to 5–7 days while we work through a flurry of orders. For full details, see our Shipping Policy.
Notes on colour
We photograph every hand-dyed thread in natural light and colour-check each image carefully, so what you see on our website is as true to the real skein as we can make it. That said, every monitor, phone, and browser displays colour a little differently - so the shade on your screen may vary subtly from the thread in your hand. If you're matching a specific colour or planning a treasured project, we're always happy to help guide you to the right shade - just get in touch with the studio.
I love it i brought the glue pen and gifted it to by BBF she is using a kids glue stick so we sew together once a every second Saturday so she seen my glue pen when doing some tiny heaxgons for my daughter quilt
Berni C.5/5Verified
The color was perfect for my sun flowers.
Barbara A.5/5Verified
This is a gorgeous set of colors! I haven’t put them away yet and I got them two weeks ago- just keep looking at them. Definitely a beautifully coordinated color palette I’m looking forward to using on a design very soon.
Dawn P.5/5Verified
I am already working on the first of 3 volumes of the Field Journal quilt. Having now purchased the pattern and Cottagecore collection of threads I am planning to combine them all into a single large quilt - Double/Queen size? Using hexagons rather than squares. This will be a long project but one I’m looking forward to eventually completing. I’m enjoying the embroidery and I love Liberty Tana Lawn.
Miss S.5/5Verified
I am so happy that I chose to use the called for Cottage Garden Threads! They are beautifully dyed, named and packaged and are a pleasure to stitch with.
Robyn W.5/5
This too is for my stash. Love the variegations of the cottage garden threads. Wish I had found these earlier. So many to choose from.
Wendianne W.5/5Verified
Enjoying these tiny half hexies and 1 hexies too.
Sandra K.5/5Verified
Secret is one of the most luxurious rich purples I have ever stitched with. It is so beautiful I think I’ll use it as a single colour in an Alphabet Sampler. It’s a beautiful substitute for black if you need a dark in a design.
Michelle R.5/5Verified
A beautiful collection of pastel colours. I am going to use them in a candle wicked quilt, instead of using wool. Will take a while to complete, but it will be worth it with these beautiful colours. 🥰
Marie W.5/5Verified
I enjoyed working on THE BLUE FLOWER - SEASONS OF THE HEART (HEARTS FOR PAM) CHART. However, I worked the cross-stitch on peach linen, and I like the way it turned out.
Catherine M.5/5
Loving my Cottage Garden Threads. On this embroidery I am using “Snapdragon” and three strands. Loving how it is progressing. Thank you for an awesome product ladies. 📍🧵📍🧵
Monica S.5/5Verified
As always I am enamored with Cottage Garden Threads. You have spoiled me with beautiful colors, lovely feel, and never, ever disappoint 💕
Karen F.5/5Verified
Perfect tool. Great service m, fast delivery
Judy M.5/5Verified
Just enjoying working on these hexies,whilst on my holidays and all this rain we have had
Sandra K.5/5Verified
I absolutely love this little jig! I can't wait to share it with my YouTube followers.
Jan H.5/5Verified
Blown away by the beautiful colours and quality of the thread. I showed my 80y/o mother, in the spirit of “look at this wonderful new invention “, and she said they used to have variegated thread when she was a girl! I couldn’t believe it 😅
Sharon H.5/5Verified
I’m absolutely loving the new 5m skeins
Michelle R.5/5Verified
A beautiful kit , I can’t wait to start it with the matching threads. 😊🥰
Marie W.5/5Verified
I used the threads to make this quilt. Absolutely love the quality and colour range !
Michelle D.5/5Verified
Love your threads.
High quality.
Easy to work with. Strands and lays nicely.
Is delivered quickly.
Reasonable pricing.
YUMMY Colors.
I ordered Flamingo for a specific project. It was used for the outer border of my cowgirl .
Shelley C.5/5Verified
The tack it easy makes the EPP process that bit easier. I prefer to glue baste. I got a bit free and easy with my glue but a gentle rub with hand sanitiser and a very gentle rub with a dry sponge fixed it all up.
Michelle K.5/5Verified
My first EPP and loving it. It is so addictive. Love having precut hexis it helps so much.
Michelle K.5/5Verified
I am absolutely in love with these threads. I bought the Field Journal V1 Kit and I'm currently stitching my sixth floral square. Each motif is as pretty as the next and the threads are truly gorgeous. The colors are outstanding and the variegation provides such perfect depth to the designs. As a life-long needlepointer, I've stitched with CGT before, but the Field Journal Kit might make an embroiderer out of me yet. I will be ordering V2 & V3. And, while I stitch I'm dreaming up creative ways to display and store all these beautiful threads.
Kristin S.5/5Verified
Using the hexagons for a quilt. This is my first time attempt with paper pieces. I love the way it is coming along.
Alison Y.5/5Verified
One of the best thing I ever done
Johanne L.5/5
Love this thread
Michelle D.5/5Verified
I've had the Tack It Easy Templates on my wish list for a long while. Recently I treated myself to the one inch hexagon version and put it to work immediately on my embroidered English Paper Piecing project; I was delighted with the result. I hope to treat myself to a complete set sometime down the track.
Diane C.5/5Verified
I am working on Hearts garden by Blue Flower with my beautiful threads from Cottage garden.
Very fast delivery to uk. I love them
Thank you x
Deborah C.5/5Verified
Love working with these threads!!
I bought this thread pack to stitch The Blue Flowers Heart's Garden, although I've only made a small start on it at the moment, these threads are a dream to work with.
Emma5/5
Planned for a sampler
Marilyn F.5/5Verified
I love your threads. I tell everyone about them! My absolute favourite is the farmers market. The colours are just divine. The only other feedback I have is that I wish I could get longer thread length either pre-cut or continuous. I know you have a 50 meter available unfortunately it’s just too big for me and a little too costly when I would like to have lots of different colours. Thank you for your time!
Candida W.5/5Verified
Work cushion turned out great! Instructions were clear and easy to follow.
Jana L.5/5Verified
This floss is a dream to work with. I am loving my Blackwork project with Riot. I got 2 skeins. One was a bit lighter so I’m alternating the squares which works out perfectly.
This Riot reminds me of sari silk yarn. A favorite of mine.
This is my first fancy floss and I will be buying more. I just know it. I have passed along the website for my Christmas list!
Happy dying and stitching.
Tammy
Tamera H.5/5Verified
Great help
So easy to make hexies
Colleen L.5/5Verified
Absolutely love CGT! And mayhem is one of my favourite threads. I have mainly used these threads on this project and love how it’s turned out.
Michelle M.5/5Verified
This system made it so easy to make honeycombs! Now I can make my Lucy Boston squares more accurate!
Jodi L.5/5Verified
This thread is so vibrant and stunning! It is perfect for this application.
Elizabeth H P.5/5Verified
I love stitching with these threads- they stand out and are so beautiful. I stitch almost exclusively clothing and get consistent compliments on the items that use your threads.
Elizabeth H P.5/5Verified
I love the colour red almost as much as I like the colour green. This is a lovely thread for my stash of reds. CGT produce the most wonderful colours and although I don't have a project in mind straight away, I know it awaits its time to shine.
Mrs O.5/5Verified
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