Stitches tattoo ideas

72 photos and flash · 26% Neo-trad, 14% Realism · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stitched cartoon dog with wide eyes and patched body on the calf.
Stitched dog on a calf
Black and grey tattoos of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas on two forearms, with Zero the ghost dog in a doghouse beside a graveyard fence.
Jack Skellington and Sally on forearms
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner
Colour tattoo of a patchwork heart stitched closed with dark thread, with a silver needle threaded through its right side, in a neo-trad style on skin.
Patchwork heart with needle and thread
Black ink line drawing of a cracked heart wrapped in a bandage, with a plaster, stitches, a rose and leaves, in a traditional flash style.
Cracked heart with rose and bandage
Colour realism tattoo of a stitched doll face with blue and yellow eyes and a toothy grin, appearing to tear through skin on the forearm.
Stitched doll face tearing through a forearm
Black line flash design of a stitched spellbook with an eye on its cover, a banner reading It's all just a bunch of, and purple Hocus Pocus lettering.
Stitched spellbook with eye and banner flash
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a stitched zombie pony with a rainbow mane, framed in a beaded oval with bats, on the forearm.
Zombie pony in a bat-filled frame
Pencil and marker drawing of a stitched scarecrow figure wearing a wide-brimmed witch hat, two gas masks and a rope noose, shown in black and grey shading.
Scarecrow in a witch hat and gas masks
Pencil drawing of a woman with birds in her flowing hair, stitched lips and shaded eyes, offered as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman with birds in flowing hair
Black and grey cartoon voodoo doll with stitched face, red devil horns, bat wings, a tail and a trident, tattooed on a foot.
Voodoo doll devil with bat wings on a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a green zombie pony with pink mane, a skull on its head, bats, a moon and a gravestone.
Zombie pony with skull and gravestone on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a grey jar labelled Deadly Nightshade, held by a green stitched hand with purple smoke and a flower below.
Deadly Nightshade jar held by a stitched hand
Traditional style tattoo of a stitched doll holding a jack-o'-lantern inside an orange heart with candy corn, shown in a four-panel close-up on a limb.
Stitched doll with pumpkin in a heart
Colourful geometric skull tattoo with a green headband and black eye patch shape on a calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric skull on a calf
Chest tattoo of a red stitched heart with black script lettering, two cherries and small stars, placed across the centre of the chest.
Stitched heart with script and cherries on chest
Two matching colour tattoos of Jack Skellington and Sally in ornate black oval frames, shown side by side on upper arms.
Jack and Sally framed portraits on upper arms
Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing two red baseball stitch lines with black outlines, with black script text reading Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
Baseball stitches and script quote on ribs
Mint green painted wooden hand mannequin decorated with a traditional style rose, anchor, heart and banner design.
Painted wooden hand with traditional designs
Black ink pen drawing of a heart with a bow at the top, corset-style lacing down the centre and cross-stitched seams on each side, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Laced heart with stitches and bow
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside a grey stitched heart, shown on skin.
Jack and Sally in a stitched heart
Colour tattoo of a stitched blue ragdoll character with red hair and large eyes, holding a small tombstone-style design, shown on a forearm in three side-by-side photos.
Stitched ragdoll with red hair on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a stitched rag doll with button eyes and a pin in its dress, shown on the upper arm.
Button-eyed rag doll on upper arm
Colour and black line tattoo of a stitched girl doll, a teddy bear and red hearts with bandages and pins, on a calf.
Stitched dolls and hearts on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of multicoloured knitted stitches covering the upper arm and shoulder, with two knitting needles across the lower edge.
Knitted yarn sleeve on upper arm
Pencil drawing of an anatomical heart with loops of thread wrapped around it, a flash design suitable for a tattoo in black and grey.
Anatomical heart wrapped in thread
Shaded red and brown broken heart tattoo held together with grey stitches, shown on a close crop of skin.
Stitched broken heart tattoo
Flat-lay sheet of Monster High cartoon temporary tattoo designs, including skulls, hearts, coffin shapes and character faces, on a teal background.
Monster High temporary tattoo sheet
Colour tattoo of Sally hugging a stitched ragdoll with Jack Skellington's head above her, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Sally and Jack Skellington on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of a heart split down the middle and held together with cross stitches, a design that could work as a tattoo flash.
Stitched heart sketch in pencil
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
Black stitch-style tattoo across a finger, styled to look like surgical sutures, photographed against a blurred outdoor background of greenery.
Stitch tattoo across a finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stitched owl with button eyes, perched on a needle and thread, on the top of a foot.
Stitched owl with button eyes on a foot
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm: a patchwork stitched ice cream cone in mint and pink, and a dark swirl with a purple base and a small black spider.
Two ice cream designs on an upper arm
Coloured drawing of a green-skinned zombie pin-up nurse in a bloodstained white uniform, holding a glass jar containing a brain.
Zombie pin-up nurse holding a brain jar
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical crochet-style flower motif in red, purple, green and blue on an arm, drawn with stitch symbols and x marks.
Crochet-style flower motif on an arm
Black ink flash design of a grinning face with a stitched mouth, a small jack o lantern and a spiral in its eyes, above a striped winged shape, shown without a body placement.
Grinning stitched face and winged design
Colour tattoo of Sally and Jack Skellington's split face on a calf, drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Sally and Jack split face on a calf
Sketch-style tattoo of an angular monkey holding a yellow banana, outlined in red with grey shading, on the inner forearm.
Angular monkey holding a banana on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of Frankenstein's monster and his bride kissing inside a scalloped heart, on the calf.
Frankenstein couple in a heart on a calf
Colour tattoo of a stitched, zombie-style cat character with a red bow and skull on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Stitched zombie cat character on an upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a zombie pin-up in a corset and fishnets, flanked by two roses on a red splatter background, in a neo-traditional style.
Zombie pin-up with roses and blood splatter
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical row of short horizontal strokes on the upper back, with the word imagine in script on the nape of the neck in the left photo.
Vertical tally-style lines on upper back
Traditional style black and grey tattoo of a cartoon man in sunglasses with stitches and a red mouth, above the words ALL HYPE NO HEART, on a limb.
Cartoon face with sunglasses and lettering
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, sitting on the back of a calf.
Jack and Sally on a calf
Black line drawing flash design of a winged pincushion with two skulls on pins and a curled banner reading Sew or Die, in a traditional style.
Winged pincushion with skulls and Sew or Die banner
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a skull-faced figure embracing a long-haired figure with stitched limbs, seated on a chair.
Skull-faced and stitched doll figures on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin revealing buckled armour straps and a Celtic knot disc.
Torn skin with Celtic knot armour on shoulder