Thread tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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 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
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
Two traditional-style colour tattoos side by side on a forearm pair, one showing sewing tools with a MAKE banner and one showing baking tools with a BAKE banner.
Sewing and baking forearm tattoos
Black dotwork tattoo of a sitting dog looking up at a spider hanging on a thread, on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Dotwork dog and spider on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a dashed thread forming an infinity loop, on the forearm.
Needle and infinity thread on a forearm
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
Fine line outline tattoo of a cat stretching towards a purple-shaded ball of yarn on the inner forearm.
Cat reaching for yarn on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread on a forearm
A hand peels back the backing of a temporary tattoo of a wooden thread spool with a needle on the inner forearm, against a pink background.
Thread spool temporary tattoo on forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running across a forearm.
Needle and thread line tattoo on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a needle with thread looping up the inner forearm, shown in a single blue-toned line.
Needle and thread on a forearm