Spool tattoo ideas

40 photos and flash · 48% Traditional, 25% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Colour fine line tattoo on a forearm showing dashed stitch-style script reading Lovely, with pink and blue thread spools, a needle and red and purple buttons.
Stitched Lovely script with spools and buttons
Fine line drawing of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single continuous thread, drawn in dark ink on a tan background.
Sewing notions in a fine line design
Fine line tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single thread line, in dark teal ink on skin.
Sewing motif with spool, dress form and needle
Fine line black tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle linked by a single thread line, shown on skin.
Sewing tools and heart on a continuous thread
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a needle on the inner upper arm.
Thread spool and needle on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a needle and loose thread on an upper arm.
Spool of thread and needle on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded spool of thread with looping thread and a dotted trail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Spool of thread on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a thread running down to a needle across the finger on the back of a hand.
Spool of thread and needle on a hand
Black script lettering on a side ribcage reading a line about being stitched together, with coloured sewing motifs including a red thread spool, three buttons and a tomato pincushion.
Script quote on ribs with sewing motifs