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  • Embroidered border features four owls perched on open books, one wearing glasses; whimsical machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of four birds perched on vines, each holding an open book in their wings.

    Lost in a Good Book Birds Border

    $2.00 $4.99
  • Papercut-style silhouettes of a girl with a basket and a mermaid in dark thread, embroidery design on light fabric. A pillow displays enchanting embroidered fairytale silhouettes from a digitally downloadable machine embroidery Design Pack.

    Fairytale Shadows (Design Pack)

    $16.76 $41.91
  • Embroidered white-sailed ship floating on clouds, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Black tote bag featuring an embroidered ship sailing on white clouds; embroidery design is clearly visible.

    Novel Sailing Book

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring books, binoculars, and an explorer-themed pirate bag. Explorer-themed embroidery on black: stitched binoculars, a compass, and other adventure motifs; design displayed flat.
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    Build a Bookshelf Scene - Outdoor Adventures

    $2.40 $5.99
  • Embroidered crescent moon face surrounded by books, stars, and a steaming cup; night motif machine embroidery design. Embroidered design of a crescent moon, stacked books, and a coffee cup; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Cosmic Literary Moon

    $2.00 $4.99
  • Black-and-white line art showing a stack of books with the words Get Lit. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing a stack of books with Get Lit text embroidered above the books.

    Get Lit

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Two embroidered cat corner bookmarks with visible stitched features rest on open books; toy mouse also shown nearby. Embroidered cat face with brown ears and pink paws, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Kitty Corner Bookmark (In-the-Hoop)

    $1.20 $2.99
  • White lace cloud and rainbow embroidery design on a purple background, featuring intricate stitched details. Embroidered design of a rainbow arching over a fluffy cloud, crafted in lace with openwork stitching.

    Literary Rainbow Bookmark (Lace)

    $2.40 $5.99
  • Glowing book opens with magical creatures emerging; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design on dark fabric. Green and white dragons, griffins, and monsters in sheer embroidery on black fabric; digitally downloadable design.

    Book of Fantasy

    $2.40 $5.99
  • Embroidered open book with a castle and pine trees rising from its pages; a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Castle embroidery with towers rises from an open book, surrounded by stitched green trees on a white fabric background.

    Fairytale Castle Book

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Machine embroidery design featuring coffee, books, and a grinder, framed by embroidered plants and coffee beans. Embroidered coffee grinder, cup, books, and leaves on black fabric; digital machine embroidery design.

    Build a Bookshelf Scene - Coffee

    $2.40 $5.99
  • The embroidery design features the phrase I Like to Party - Write in stylized text on fabric. I Like to Party - Write is stitched in a playful script on fabric as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    I Like to Party - Write

    $1.60 $3.99
  • I Like to Party - Read in playful teal and blue hand lettering, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. I Like to Party - Read in playful text, available as a digital machine embroidery design.

    I Like to Party - Read

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Ombre script reads Reading is Sexy above an open book with eyeglasses; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Ombre pink and red embroidery design featuring a book, swirling lines, and eyeglasses; digitally downloadable file.

    Booked Up - Reading is Sexy

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of stacked books in a purple ombre pattern with Readers Gonna Read text. Purple embroidered text Readers Gonna Read above an open book; shown as a digital machine embroidery design.

    Booked Up - Readers Gonna Read

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Embroidered blue ombre design featuring stacked books and glasses; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Ombre BOOK NERD text with embroidered glasses and books, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Booked Up - Book Nerd

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Bibliophile in ombre script with swirling embroidery, open books, and scattered pages; digitally downloadable design. Ornate Bibliophile lettering in a blue-purple ombre with swirling embroidered motifs; digitally downloadable design.

    Booked Up - Bibliophile

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Ombre embroidered text reads The Book was Better in a stylized font; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Ombre machine embroidery with swirling lines and The Book was Better stitched, shown as a digitally downloadable design.

    Booked Up - The Book was Better

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Purple ombre embroidery design with books, decorative swirls, and the stitched phrase Cant Im Booked in script. Purple ombre embroidery design features the phrase Cant, Im Booked with decorative flourishes and stacked books.

    Booked Up - Can't I'm Booked

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a white owl sitting on a stack of books with a teacup nearby. Embroidered owl perched on stacked books applique, shown as a finished project on fabric in the Book Stack Buddies design.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Owl

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a tan cat with purple collar sitting on red and gray stacked books. Embroidered cat applique bookmark from Book Stack Buddies, displayed on a purple surface next to open books.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Cat

    $2.80 $6.99
  • A green dragon with wings sits on a stack of books in an applique embroidery design, shown on a fabric background. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a green dragon applique sitting on a colorful stack of embroidered books.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Dragon

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring blue and red book appliques on a plain white background. Three embroidered book appliques with a dragon pillow, displayed on a purple background; digitally downloadable design.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Books 3

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a black-outlined stack of purple and green books, applique style. Embroidered cat bookmark and dragon pillow, both with detailed book stack patterns on a purple background.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Books 2

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of five stacked, colorful applique books with stitched detail. Embroidered cat sitting on stacked books, with a dragon pillow and open book, all on a purple background.

    Book Stack Buddies (Applique) - Books 1

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Cat sleeping on purple and teal books with vines, for digital machine embroidery download. A digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing a cat lying on stacked books surrounded by leafy vines.

    Booked Cat

    $2.40 $5.99
  • Digital embroidery design: black raven and nevermore in ornate script on beige fabric. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a raven perched among curling branches with Nevermore stitched below.

    Nevermore

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Five outlined books in shades of blue and purple are arranged in a floating pattern in this embroidery design. Five open books outlined in blue and purple, floating on a white background; embroidery design details visible.

    Turn the Page

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Line drawing of a winged monkey wearing a fez, vest, and sunglasses as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a winged monkey wearing glasses, a vest, and a hat in line art style.

    Oz - Winged Monkey

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Line art embroidery design of a girl in a dress with bow and basket, standing beside a cat; digitally downloadable design. A black-and-white embroidery design shows Dorothy with a basket, striped stockings, and a cat; digitally downloadable design.

    Oz - Dorothy

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Embroidered Cowardly Lion standing upright, wearing a vest and shorts, shyly adjusting a bowtie on white fabric background. Cowardly Lion in a vest, shorts, and bow tie is embroidered upright in a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Oz - Cowardly Lion

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Line art embroidery design of Glinda the Good Witch holding a wand and wearing a crown, shown as a digital download. Machine embroidery design of Glinda the Good Witch in a crown and gown holding a star-tipped wand, smiling.

    Oz - Glinda the Good Witch

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a standing, smiling Scarecrow character in sketch style. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a tall, thin figure with a stitched smile and simple clothing details.

    Oz - Scarecrow

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Embroidered Tin Woodman with funnel hat, axe, and geometric limbs; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered line art of Tin Woodman holding an axe over his shoulder; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Oz - Tin Woodman

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Black ink-style embroidery design of the Wicked Witch holding a broom, shown as a downloadable machine embroidery design. Black and white embroidery design of the Wicked Witch in a striped dress; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Oz - Wicked Witch of the West

    $1.60 $3.99
  • A brown pipe with smoke forming the words Sherlock Says in embroidery, shown as a digitally downloadable design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a pipe and elegant script text above and around the central motif.

    Sherlock Says

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Two lace-embroidered bird bookmarks are shown—one displayed in a book, the other flat beside it. Black cotton thread lace bird with detailed embroidery is shown displayed flat on white paper as a downloadable design.

    Bookmark Bird (Lace)

    $1.20 $2.99
  • A digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a sword and pen crossed, with stitched banners reading the same phrase. Pencil and sword intertwined with light, stitched banner shows text: The written word is mightier than the sword.

    Pen & Sword

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a closed book, ink bottle, and quill in a simple line sketch style. Black line art embroidery of a quill in an inkwell on a closed book, set against a beige background fabric.

    Quill and Book

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Colorful embroidery of a dragon, castle, roses, and bird on beige fabric; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered purple dragon, castle, yellow roses, and books with colorful stitching on beige fabric background.

    Tomes of Imagination

    $2.00 $4.99
  • Embroidered cat holding a pencil, outlined on beige fabric in a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a black cat holding a yellow pencil, shown on a neutral background.

    Creative Cat

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Embroidered blue-green trees, deer, and birds stitched in a woodland design on fabric for digital machine embroidery. White tote bag with embroidered trees, a deer, and birds; digitized machine embroidery design inspired by woodland themes.

    Woodland Storytime Book

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Embroidered green worm with glasses reading a book above Bookworm in bold red outlined letters; digital embroidery design. A green cartoon worm with glasses reads a book, with Bookworm stitched below in bright red on this embroidery design.

    Bookworm

    $1.60 $3.99
  • Cursive French poetry, four verses, embroidered in dark thread as a digital machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring Mon âme a son secret... in elegant, flowing French script.

    French Script 2

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Beige fabric embroidered with dark brown, semi-legible French script as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring elegant French cursive stitched in brown on beige fabric.

    French Script 1

    $0.80 $1.99
  • Gray lace bookmark with black embroidered raven, the word Nevermore, and detailed stitching in visible thread.

    Nevermore Bookmark (Lace)

    $2.00 $4.99
  • Embroidered stack of books arranged like a tree with a yellow star on top, on a white background; digital embroidery design. An embroidered stack of books is arranged to resemble a tree, with festive stitching details on a fabric background.

    Read and Be Merry

    $2.00 $4.99
  • An embroidered outline of an open book with two red bookmarks and decorative swirls, shown as a machine embroidery design. Embroidered Fairy Tales Book with red bookmarks and swirling patterns, set against a dark background.

    Fairy Tales Book

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Do You Like Me? note with yes checked, framed by colorful, playful embroidery stitches; digitally downloadable design. Cross stitch on fabric shows checkboxes labeled yes, no, maybe in lined notebook paper style embroidery design.

    Do You Like Me?

    $1.20 $2.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a vintage typewriter keyboard with round keys and classic symbols. Embroidered design of a vintage typewriter keyboard with round keys, shown stitched on fabric as a machine embroidery design.

    This Is Key

    $1.60 $3.99

Celebrate your love of books and storytelling with Urban Threads’ reading and literary machine embroidery designs. This imaginative collection brings favorite bookish themes to life — from enchanted libraries and stacks of well-loved novels to whimsical quotes and cozy reading nooks.

Each design is crafted with the signature Urban Threads flair — bold lines, modern details, and a touch of magic — perfect for stitching on tote bags, bookmarks, sweatshirts, or book-lover gifts. Whether you’re decorating your reading corner or creating something special for a fellow bibliophile, these embroidery patterns make every project a new chapter in creativity.