Thread tattoo ideas

86 photos and flash · 40% Fine line, 27% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black line tattoo of four sewing buttons joined by a thread across the inner forearm, beside a grey shirt sleeve with real buttons.
Four button outlines on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a turquoise sewing machine with pink flowers, a yellow fabric and a dashed thread heart on an arm.
Sewing machine with flowers on an arm
Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a teal eye and a trailing black thread, on the inner forearm.
Sewing needle and thread on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black sewing machine with a spool and three red roses with green leaves, on a patch of skin at the side of the body.
Sewing machine and roses in traditional style
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour-style heart with a stitched outline and coloured pins, placed on the inside of a wrist.
Watercolour heart with pins on a wrist
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 and grey linework tattoo of a sewing spool with a threaded needle trailing below it, on the forearm.
Sewing spool and needle on a forearm
Two matching fine line red thread tattoos with a small knot motif, one on each of two wrists.
Matching red string tattoos on two wrists
Colour tattoo of two feathered arrows with dots on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style with pink, teal and red tones.
Two arrows with feathers on a forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a crab gripping a spool of thread and needle, framed by sunburst rays and a looping thread, with the word Cancer beneath.
Crab with spool and needle, Cancer design
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping dotted thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a sewing needle with a looping thread on the upper chest, beside a green top strap.
Needle and thread fine line tattoo on the chest
Black outline tattoo of a red ball of yarn with a knitting needle and a thread trailing down to a heart, on the side of a finger.
Yarn ball and heart on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of a dress form wearing a bow, a dashed stitched heart and a needle with thread, on a limb.
Dress form, stitched heart and needle
Traditional-style flash design of a sugar skull woman with flowers in her hair, a COSTURERA banner, scissors and a spool of blue thread, drawn in cross-stitch chart form.
Costurera sugar skull with sewing kit
Watercolour-style design of a black spider on a fine-line web, with a small tan mouse hanging from a thread below it, shown on a plain white background.
Spider on a web with a mouse on a thread
Colour tattoo of a Singer sewing machine with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with a purple ribbon below.
Sewing machine and rose on upper arm
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
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Black dashed-line heart with a red sewing needle and looping black thread, a tattoo on the inner wrist.
Stitched heart on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a sewing machine above the words 'As ye sew, so shall ye rip', in a lettering and traditional style.
As ye sew sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with blue knitting needles and loops of thread, outlined in black, on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Ball of yarn and knitting needles on a shoulder
Colour traditional swallow tattoo in blue, red and yellow, with a thin black thread line running from its beak to a grey spool and needle, on a forearm.
Swallow with thread and needle on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, a ball of green yarn, a paintbrush, a pen nib and a red banner reading CRAFTY, with flowers, on a limb.
Crafty scissors and yarn tattoo
Close photo of two hands with fingers hooked together, each showing a fine line red tattoo wrapped around a finger on the hand.
Thin red line tattoos around two fingers
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a red rose, a spool of red thread and a bee, with the hand holding a white pot with a succulent against a plain white background.
Traditional rose and thread tattoos on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a teal yarn ball, scissors, a spool of thread, a measuring tape and a red pincushion.
Sewing notions and yarn ball on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red thread spool with a needle and looped thread on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Red thread spool and needle 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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue sewing spool and needle with banners reading MAY YOUR BOBBIN ALWAYS BE FULL, on a limb.
Blue spool with banners reading May your bobbin always be
Black and grey vintage-style tattoos of sewing tools, including a thimble, scissors, pin cushion and dress form, on a woman's forearm.
Sewing tools tattoos on a forearm
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
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily bloom, a spiderweb and a spider hanging from a thread, set inside a curved crescent outline.
Lily, spiderweb and hanging spider design
Fine line tattoo of a white cat sitting on a red ball of yarn, with a red thread trailing across the inside of a forearm.
Cat playing with red yarn on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash design of purple flowers, a thimble and a teal thread spool inside a dotted circle, shown on paper surrounded by buttons and drawing tools.
Flowers, thimble and thread spool design
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a needle and looping thread on the inner forearm, with denim shorts in the background.
Fine line needle and thread on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with spider webs and two spiders hanging on threads down the forearm, in a traditional style.
Crescent moon and spiders on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and blue sewing thread spool with a needle and white flowers and green leaves, on the skin of the upper body.
Sewing spools and needle with flowers
Coloured flash drawing of a vintage sewing machine with a pink rose, dark buds and green leaves, in a neo-traditional style on pale paper.
Sewing machine and rose 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
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, thread spools, a measuring tape and a banner reading Create on a forearm, shown beside its grey pencil design.
Sewing tools and banner on a forearm
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
Black ink tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with CAROLINA lettering on the body, placed on the upper arm in an engraved style.
Vintage sewing machine on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, rosehips, green leaves and three paintbrushes on a person's upper back, with a red thread curling beside it.
Rose and paintbrushes across the back
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
Two traditional style colour tattoos on a forearm pair, one with scissors, thread and buttons on a MAKE banner and one with a whisk, rolling pin and flowers on a BAKE banner.
Make and Bake sewing and baking forearm tattoos
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