Urban Threads Lookbook - Vol 1 Issue 9

URBAN THREADS

LOOKBOOK IDEAS TO INSPIRE YOUR THREADS

NEW PROJECT FROM THE LAB

Darkwood Fables MAKE IT CREATE YOUR OWN COSTUME LACE ACCENTS ASSEMBLE YOUR OWN MISFIT DOLL

FALL FASHIONS

GET SPOOKY!

UPCYCLING TUTORIAL FASHION CONTEST FAVORTIES CHIC NEW DESIGNS

Halloween Ideas

Hot & New Embroidery COSTUME LACE DARK CREATURES FUN & FUNKY FACES GOTHIC ACCENTS VOL 1

ISSUE 9

Dark Adornments - Rose

Dark Lace Dress yourself up in fanciful style with new freestanding lace jewelry and accessories. These new Dark Adornments embroidery designs will make perfect accents to all sorts of creative outfits -not only for Halloween and other costume-y occasions, but also for everyday fashions that could use a bit of magical flair!

Just stitch each freestanding lace design in cotton thread onto heavy water-soluble stabilizer, rinse to leave only the lace, and assemble.

A step-by-step tutorial will show you just how to put each piece together!

Dark Adornments - Bodice

Making Dark Adorments

Dark Adornments - Buckle

NEW COLLECTION

Dark Adornments

Dark Adornments - Cuff Bracelet

Dark Adornments - Choker

Dark Adornments - Cat Ears

Cats Forever Why cats? Because cats. Celebrate your favorite feline in elegant or snarky fashion. According to the internet, there’s never a reason not to celebrate cats.

Because Cats

Mendhika Kitty

Each part of the design is also available on its own, so you can collage your own looks!

The Adventure Continues Continue your expedition in the Passport to Adventure series with this brand new design celebrating Germany! This beautiful collage combines iconic images in detailed running stitch with a splash of painterly, layered color.

Get this charming Germany collage in your choice of five sizes; each element is available individually, too!

Passport to Germany

@freakxlikexme

Elegance in Darkness Creatures of legendary power and beauty come to life in this gorgeous new collection of designs! Dimensional swirls, sheer fills, and lace-like detail combine to create eerily dramatic Dark Creatures embroidery. Bring a bit of crafty magic to garments, accessories, and home decor!

@ailuros614

Open areas give these designs a unique look -- stitch them in darker thread on a lighter fabric to make this unique composition shine.

@freakxlikexme

@wendy.deglee

This collection is blowing up on instagram! Tag your own projects with the #urbanthreads tag.

@wendy.deglee

NEW COLLECTION

Dark Creatures

Hoodie to Jacket Upcycle

Click here to learn about our guest contributor, local fashion designer Tim Navarro.

After

Before

Fashion designer Tim shows you how to transform an ordinarty hoodie into this chic leather accented jacket.

What’s Hot

Fall Fashion

Fall is the season of fashion! From layered looks to heavier fabrics that work beautifully for embroidery, fall is the season where the only limit to your fashions is your imagination. Wondering how you can use embroidery unique and fashionable ways?

We have a bunch of simple ideas for placement and use that are sure to spark some creativity, plus some fun finds on instagram from stitchers like you.

@corasandras!

@threelittleowlsboutique

@foureyedgirlonetsy

To celebrate this fashion-forward season, we held our first-ever Fall Fashion contest, featuring custom-made or upcycled projects from Urban Threadsters. You guys didn’t disappoint! All kinds of fun fashions were entered, and the top 10 finalists were voted on by YOU!

WINNER! Lace Up Jacket

It’s a Tie!

WINNER! Mermaid Coat

Unleash Your Inner Misfit Spooky, kooky, and cute -- the faces in the new Misfit Factory embroidery design collection will inspire all sorts of creations!

Mix and match the eyes and mouths from these designs to create a character full of quirky personality ... then stitch your face onto plush dolls and toys, hats, shirts, and more. These designs are just the beginning -- your unique ideas will bring them to life!

Make your own little misfit doll with this FREE pattern!

Misfit Doll

NEW COLLECTION

Misfit Factory

Mix up the faces to create your own custom misfit design, like this Cheshire Cat hoodie.

Halloween Projects!

Haunt your home your way with these easy DIY Halloween projects. Just click on each image for free tutorial instructions, and craft your way to a spookier All Hallows’ Eve.

Fabric Pumpkins

Lace Spiderweb Doily

Lace-Up Bottle Label

Halloween Wreath

Fright Lights

Lace Chandelier

Light Up the Night Nothings better to spook up your designs than glow-in-the-dark thread! This thread can be used on pretty much anything, but these spooky features were specially designed to take advantage of its unique properties.

Howl at the Moon

Flickering Feline

Let’s Get Spooky Haunt your home with some elegant and spooky Halloween embroidery designs! From Art Nouveau witches to spooky his-and-hers cameos, there’s sure to be something to give your project a dash of dark fun.

Hers Skeleton Cameo

His Skeleton Cameo

Witchy Hat

Witch Nouveau

Cuddle Kitties

Feeling Fall

Let’s Get Cute Halloween doesn’t always have to be scary! Sometimes it’s just scary how cute it can get, like with these adorable black cats.

You can also choose to just celebrate the autumn season with fun and simple text designs. Have Halloween your way!

Tricky Kitty

Skeleton Hand

Hauntingly Chic Spooky doesn’t just have to be for Halloween.

Add a little gothic glamour to your everyday crafting with these dark and decadent designs.

@pendulousthreadsuk used the lace hand to create a spooky necklace!

Baroque Passkey

BESTSELLER! Belle of the Ball Mask

NEW COLLECTION

Gothic Nouveau

Gothic Nouveau - Flourish

Gothic Nouveau - Wedge

Gothic Nouveau - Bracket

Into the Woods The graceful, arching curves of gothic architecture... the swirling, whimsical shapes of art nouveau... these enchanting styles come together perfectly in an elegant new collection of embroidery designs. The Gothic Nouveau collection features a variety of shapes in this classy style -- mix and match them as you please to accent garments and decor alike.

Spiderwebs and spooky creatures appear throughout, but they’re so pretty you might just use them all year!

Gothic Nouveau - Pendant

These designs are also part of a very special Darkwood Fables Lab project, in collaboration with alternative clothing designer Scoundrelle’s Keep! Read all about the project and see more photos from our woodland adventure, and let these new designs inspire your own magical creations.

click here to see more photos

Gothic Nouveau - Valance

Lacy Leaf

Get inspired by the colors of the seasons with the weekly Color Inspiration series on the blog!

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