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LOOKBOOK FRESH IDEAS IN MACHINE EMBROIDERY
The Color Issue GO BIG AND BOLD GET CRAZY WITH PAINTERLY COLOR
UNIQUE COLOR PALETTE INSPIRATIONS COLOR YOUR EMBROIDERY GET INKED - UT TATTOOS
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UNIQUE & OFFBEAT MONOGRAMMING IDEAS STITCHING FOR PET LOVERS
Hot & New Embroidery SASSY DECOR BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FLORAL WONDER BATHROOM BLISS VOL 2
ISSUE 4
This Month’s Edition
All about color! See some bright and bold new embroidery, and then take a closer look at how to transform your designs with color. Browse a bunch of color inspiration and see the winner of the coloring contest! Plus, get ideas and inspiration on monogramming, pet-projects, and even your next tattoo. It’s all inside!
PG CLOUD MOBILE
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Check out this easy-tomake cloud plushie that makes an adorable customizable mobile!
PG FURRY FRIENDS
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Get some fun ideas on what to stitch for animal lovers and furry friends alike.
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INKED UP
See how Urban Threadsters are transforming their favorite designs into beautiful tattoos!
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PG PERSONALIZE IT
PG FULL OF COLOR
PG FAVORITE HUES
PG COLOR WINNERS
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Check out 9 great ways to try out monogramming with one of your favorite alphabet sets.
Don’t know where to start with your palette? Check out some of our all-time favorite color inspirations!
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See how you can transform designs with just a shift in your color thinking.
See how the finalists in the coloring contest transformed a simple design with bold color!
Book Love Make a simple and chic statement for your reading corner with this book border design!
Candlelight Tales Alice in Wonderland
Vintage Chic
Delicate stitches and painterly fills come together in this dreamy chalkboard-style dress form design.
Starry Night Find a little romance in your embroidery with bright and starry designs! These designs are sure to find a way to light up your next project. Try them with glow thread too!
Spread Your Wings Let your imagination take flight with this 3D articulated lace owl. These four simple pieces can all be made in a “4x4� hoop and easily come together with small butterfly brad clips.
NEW COLLECTION
Feisty
Overly Honest Samplers Make a chic and cheeky statement with this Feisty new collection of embroidery designs! Sassy phrases in carefree handwritten lettering are framed by a kaleidoscope of cheerful flowers. Frame these designs and hang ‘em on the wall like a sampler, take ‘em with you on a sweatshirt or tote, or stitch these “fresh” flowers on a stylish throw pillow. They’ll make for delightfully snarky gifts, too!
You can like samplers and not sacrifice your sassy style!
Girl’s Night In Yeah, going out is great and all, but nothing compares to throwing on some fuzzy slippers and bingewatching netflix on a night in.
Into the Clouds Craft this super cute little cloud plushie complete with five different dielines to add a sun, moon and other weather elements. Makes a great hanging mobile!
Cloud Stuffie Mobile
Let this adorable stuffed cloud mobile shine in your home, kid’s playroom, or office cubicle.
Make Some Music A little music can make any day brighter! Craft the sweetest songs with these unique new Beautiful Music embroidery designs! Birds and dragonflies, flowers and ribbons, dancing fairies, mermaids, and ballerinas, and a very special heart mingle together in this unique collection -- framed and built by graceful notes, staves, and melodies.
NEW COLLECTION
Beautiful Music
Let these harmonious designs play on all sorts of projects -- from chic throw pillows and other decor, to tote bags and other treasures for your favorite music teachers, to enchanting fashions that will sweeten your wardrobe. You’ll fall in love with this light and airy embroidery!
DIY Ideas for
Pet Lovers
Show a little love for your favorite pets and their people with a big bunch of playful embroidery! Adopt your favorites, and start dreaming up your next pet project ... these designs will be right at home on jackets, bandanas, and toys for your favorite four-legged friends, or decor, clothing, and accessories for humans to enjoy!
T Design rend Monogramming There’s just something satisfying about rocking stuff with your name or initials on it ... and it’s even more fun when you’ve stitched those lovely letters yourself! Get in on the monogramming craze with all of Urban Threads’ alphabet designs -- choose your favorite lettering styles, and get crafty!
NEW COLLECTION
Kaleidoscope Blooms
Bloom Forth A rainbow of vivid hues springs to life in this unique new Kaleidoscope Blooms collection of embroidery designs! Bright and beautiful flowers and succulents collect in jars, teacups, birdcages, and more found objects -- each defined by light, intricate line drawings, and filled with layered, watercolor-like “washes” of color. They’re the perfect balance of pretty and offbeat!
Spring Fever Wild with Color Get Set for Adventure
Get experimental! Thread lists are useful but it can be great to really Find your inner wanderlust and seek go wild with color. Painterly designs are a perfect choice to get creative with overlapping color choices and adventure! As spring blooms, set unique your sights on the great outdoors and palettes. If you can’t decide where to go with your your heart to wander. Get colors, inspiredtry one of the dozens of color inspirations available on the blog, or see them all on our pinterest board! with these adventerous designs!
Creative Color
Want even more color inspiration? Check out some of the finalists from the Craft Is Art coloring contest! Urban Threadsters got extra creative with color and technique to bring this simple design to life. Click here to see all the finalists!
WINNER!
Steven & Sherri
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Get Inked
Shiloh
Urban Threadsters are getting their favorite designs added more to just their clothes and projects... they’re adding them to their skin! From black and white to lush full-color interpretations of designs, ink is becoming a popular form of self-expression. Take a look at some of our favorite Urban Threads-inspired ink and see if you’d ever take the plunge. Click each image to see the original design that inspired the tattoo!
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Heather
Annie
Sandy
Jewelia
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Relax in Style
Treat yourself and turn your home into a Sassy Spa with this chic new embroidery collection! Stylish and occasionally a bit silly, these designs set the scene for a blissful hot bath, a steamy shower, or just taking a little time to relax and beautify.
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Sassy Spa
Stitch your favorite phrases on luxurious terrycloth towels and robes, framed signs and wall hangings -- and craft a stylish escape!
Craft a little magic and cozy up with your very own stuffed dragon! He’s easy to stitch and assemble. Just click here for instructions!
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