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DIY Cross-Stitch Cookies

Looking for something stitchy and sweet, without pulling out the needle and thread? These Cross-Stitch Cookies from Design*Sponge are just the ticket, and look super easy to make. What an amazing lit...

1 day ago 1 person likes this

Chompy Bunny Giveaway!

Ohh, I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one… The day has arrived, where you have a chance to take home your own furred fanged chompy fur ball of death and craft eating destructio...

1 day ago

Poster Giveaway Winners!

Below are the four winners of yesterdays exclusive poster giveaway, chosen randomly! All winners have been notified by e-mail. Congrats stitchers, I hope you have a good home for your new poster! &nb...

1 day ago

DIY Variegated Thread

In a flash of brilliance, Allison from Dream {a Little} Bigger has figured out how to make her own variegated thread since she was fed up with the cheap stuff she tried to buy. The results are fabulo...

2 days ago

It’s Not About Age It’s About Attitude – Freebie & Contest

So, there’s a deep, dark secret that we’d like to let you all in on… We get a lot of email from folks confessing something to us. They tell us, in hushed tones or conspiratorial ema...

2 days ago

Exclusive Poster Giveaway – How Machine Embroidery Designs Are Made

*UPDATE – Commenting is now closed. Thanks to everyone who took part! Winners coming soon* When this little number showed up all about how machine embroidery designs are made, many of you asked...

2 days ago

Spoonflower Winners!

The winner’s of Monday’s Spoonflower giveaway are below, generated from a random number generator. All winners have been contacted via e-mail. Winners, please check your e-mail and spam f...

2 days ago

Spoonflower Giveaway

*UPDATE – The contest has closed! Winners will be announced soon. Look for tomorrows giveaway at 10am tomorrow!* Today is officially our birthday, and the first giveaway has begun! In todayR...

3 days ago

Meanwhile, In The Urban Threads Studio…

In our defense, it is Friday.   (That might be our resident crazy digitizer Danielle, and she might have just gotten some old store display props, and she might have brought them into work today...

6 days ago

UT Tutorial – DIY Charmed Tee

You’ve probably seen those cool printed faux necklace tees before. You know the cute ones that look like you have a whole bunch of bling around your neck? I usually pass them by because they...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

Every Birthday Needs Presents!

Who cares if it’s our birthday… we think you deserve presents! Not content with just doing a huge Storewide Sale (through 6/3/12), we thought the last week of the big birthday bash should...

6 days ago

DIY Cross Stitch Stool

Want a super cute way of incorporating stitches into decor other than pillows? We just saw some awesome designer embroidered furniture, but now there’s a DIY way! This little street has a sweet...

6 days ago

Vintage Needlework Wedding Dress

Don’t have time to hand embroider a wedding dress? Bring a little vintage nostalgia to your big day by incorporating vintage embroidery! Bride Frances cut the embroidery from vintage tablecloth...

24 may 12

Embroidered Furniture by Yaroslav Galant

I just love how today’s designers are using traditional embroidery techniques in totally non-traditional ways. Like say, embroidered Corian furniture from Yaroslav Galant. In the top photo you ...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

Lookbook Update Celebrating 4 Years

Looking for some inspiration for what to grab in our storewide sale? Well we’ve added 10 new pages to our already shiny lookbook for oodles of ideas and projects to inspire your stitches, just ...

21 may 12 1 person likes this

Urban Threads 4th Birthday Bash Storewide Sale!

That’s right stitchers. It doesn’t come around very often, but when it does, it’s BIG! We’re celebrating four happy years with a huge storewide sale! Yup, this upcoming May 28...

21 may 12

UT Tutorial – 3D Robot

Thought lace was the only 3D thing you machine could make? Think again! Meet the Digomatic 2000. This adorable little robot figurine can be made easily with some tear away stabilizer, fabric, and hot...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

High Tech Machine Embroidery for Surgery

There is a fantastic post over on Mr X Stitch today about Professor Julian Ellis OBE, a recognised expert in the field of Fabric Technologies, and his amazing work exploring the use of embroidery for...

17 may 12 2 people like this

Flickr Roundup

As usual, we’re overdue for that awesome time where we see what amazingness has been filling up the flickr pool lately. Let’s have a look at what’s shown up since our last roundup&#...

17 may 12

Pinterest Board to Follow – Embroidered and Embellished

Like everyone else on the internet, I am well and truly obsessed with Pinterest (you can follow me here!) and today I’m sharing with you one of my favorite boards I follow. The board Embroidere...

15 may 12

Custhom’s Machine Stitched Posters

Hot on the heels of the previous CMYK embroidery posting from Kasikov, design co Custhom created these amazing machine stitched posters for a limited edition run. It’s fantastic to see machine ...

14 may 12

New DON’T PANIC Douglas Adams Freebie

Do YOU know where your towel is? Don’t Panic! We have you Hitchhiker’s Guide nerds covered. In honor of international Towel Day on May 25th , a day celebrating the life and works of autho...

14 may 12

UT Tutorial – Nursery Rhyme Plush Dolls

In love with our new Misfit Nursery Rhymes collection? Well we’ve got a fun way to really bring some characters from that series to life… as plush printed dolls! We picked three of our fa...

11 may 12

New Misfit Nursery Rhymes Collection, Handwriting Alphabet & Spoonflower Plush!

We are so excited to finally be able to introduce our brand new Misfit Nursery Rhymes Collection! For those who loved our Dark Fairytales series, and our previous Primitives style series, this is lik...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

The Optical Embroidery Of Evelin Kasikov

  Embroidery artist Evelin Kasikov’s work has to be seen to be believed. She creates amazing stitched work focusing on the optical use of CMYK colors in order to create form. Instead of th...

10 may 12

Guest Posting On Designs In Machine Embroidery – Stitching For Guys Who Don’t Like Golf

If you haven’t picked up this month’s edition of Designs in Machine Embroidery, you totally should! Partly because it’s awesome, and partly because I have a tutorial in there all ab...

09 may 12 1 person likes this

Stitchy Mother’s Day Gift From A Child’s Drawing

Embroidering a child’s artwork for a loved one is a concept we’ve seen before, but it’s just too cute an idea to pass up for Mother’s Day. Buzzmills shows us a quick and easy ...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

UT Tutorial – Embroidered Leather Cuffs

Want an afternoon project that looks totally boss? These embroidered leather cuffs can be made easily in a short afternoon, depending on your talents with a snap pliers and your machine’s appli...

04 may 12

Happy Star Wars Day!

May the Fourth be with you! Before you roll your eyes, I’ll just have you know I’m not the only Star Wars nerd out there in the embroidery universe. Wild Olive has decided to celebrate to...

04 may 12

Machine Embroidered Wedding Details

We’re very honored that Eileen Roche from Designs in Machine Embroidery picked the Cirque Alphabet to be part of her amazing wedding decor! Eileen shares some of the crafty endeavors that went ...

03 may 12

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