urban threads lookbook - vol 1 issue 9
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LOOKBOOKURBAN THREADS
IDEAS TO INSPIRE YOUR THREADS
COSTUME LACE DARK CREATURESFUN & FUNKY FACES GOTHIC ACCENTS
UPCYCLING TUTORIALFASHION CONTEST FAVORTIESCHIC NEW DESIGNS
Hot & New Embroidery
FALLFASHIONS
NEW PROJECT FROM THE LAB
LOOKBOOKLOOKBOOK
Darkwood Fables
V O L 1 I S S U E 9
Halloween IdeasGET SPOOKY!
CREATE YOUR OWN COSTUME LACE ACCENTSASSEMBLE YOUR OWN MISFIT DOLL
NEW PROJECT FROM THE LAB
GET SPOOKY!FALLFASHIONS
MAKE ITMAKE IT
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!
Dark Lace
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 - Rose
Making Dark Adorments
Dark Adornments - Buckle
Dark Adornments - Bodice
NEW COLLECTIONDark
Adornments
Dark Adornments - Choker Dark Adornments - Cat Ears
Dark Adornments - Cuff Bracelet
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.
Cats Forever
Because Cats
Mendhika Kitty
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 inyour choice of five sizes; each element
is available individually, too!
Each part of the design is also available on its own, so you can collage your own looks!
Passport to Germany
@freakxlikexme
@freakxlikexme
@ailuros614
@wendy.deglee
@wendy.deglee
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!
Open areas give these designs a unique look -- stitch them in darker thread on a lighter fabric to make this unique composition shine.
This collection is blowing up on instagram! Tag your own projects with the #urbanthreads tag.
Elegance in Darkness
Before
NEW COLLECTIONDark
Creatures
Before
After
Fashion designer Tim shows you how to transform an ordinarty hoodie into this chic leather accented jacket.
Click here to learn about our guest contributor, local fashion designer Tim Navarro.
Hoodie to Jacket Upcycle
@corasandras!
@threelittleowlsboutique
@foureyedgirlonetsy
Fall FashionFall 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.
What’s Hot
WINNER!It’s a Tie!
WINNER!
MermaidCoat
Lace UpJacket
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!
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!
Unleash Your Inner Misfit
Misfit Doll
NEW COLLECTIONMisfit
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-Up Bottle Label
Fright Lights
Lace Spiderweb Doily
Halloween Wreath
Lace Chandelier
Light Up the NightNothings 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
Haunt your home with some elegant and spooky Halloween embroidery designs! From Art Nouveau witches to spooky his-and-herscameos, there’s sure to be something to give your project a dash of dark fun.
Let’s Get Spooky
His Skeleton Cameo
Hers Skeleton Cameo
Witch Nouveau
Witchy Hat
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!
Let’s Get Cute
Tricky Kitty
Cuddle Kitties
Feeling Fall
@pendulousthreadsuk used the lace hand to create a spooky necklace!
Spooky doesn’t just have to be for Halloween. Add a little gothic glamour to your everyday crafting with these dark and decadent designs.
Hauntingly ChicSkeleton Hand
Baroque Passkey
BESTSELLER!Belle of the Ball Mask
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!
Into the Woods
NEW COLLECTIONGothic
Nouveau
Gothic Nouveau - Flourish
Gothic Nouveau - Wedge
Gothic Nouveau - Bracket
click here to see more
photos
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.
Gothic Nouveau - Valance
Gothic Nouveau - Pendant
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Get inspired by the colors of the seasons with the weekly Color Inspiration series on the blog!
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