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  • A chained book motif with bright, multicolored embroidered text arranged around it in a machine embroidery design. I Read Banned Books stitched in bold, decorative embroidery letters; a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    I Read Banned Books

    $4.99
  • Embroidered cartoon dinosaur wearing glasses holding a book, above bold red Thesaurus text; digital embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing a dinosaur with glasses, holding a book, and THESAURUS text.

    Thesaurus

    $4.99
  • Heart-shaped red scripty embroidery with a romantic poem on cream fabric; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Cascading scripty heart embroidery design with poetic quote text, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Romance

    $2.99
  • Embroidered line art of a figure with curly hair and mustache stitched on fabric, shown as a machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a wavy-haired man with a mustache in formal bust style on a pedestal.

    The Bard

    $1.99
  • Gold celestial and floral embroidery design on cardstock, shown as a finished Starry Sky Bookmark next to books and glasses. Black bookmark with gold machine embroidery featuring sun, moon, clouds, and stars; design is digitally downloadable.

    Starry Sky Bookmark (Cardstock)

    $3.99
  • A black and white vintage typewriter with a sheet of paper, embroidered on a beige background as a machine embroidery design. Black and white embroidered vintage typewriter sketch with paper on textured background, digital download design.

    Just My Type

    $3.99
  • Embroidered skull with crossed quill and spear in blue on denim; digital machine embroidery design. Embroidered skull with a crossed quill and spear on blue denim; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Skully Writer

    $2.99
  • Embroidered raven with handwritten script lines on beige fabric, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidery design of a bird entirely formed by flowing, cursive handwritten lines, stitched on light-colored fabric.

    Wordy Bird

    $2.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a girl in a bonnet with dress and basket, stitched in outlined detail. Black line machine embroidery design of a girl with cloak and basket on textured fabric; digitally downloadable design.

    Little Red

    $1.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of an anthropomorphic fox in a suit, hat, and cane in line art. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing a line art fox wearing a suit, hat, and tie.

    Big Bad Wolf

    $1.99
  • Black and white line art embroidery design of stacked books with blooming flowers, digitally downloadable design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of flowers growing from a stack of books, with detailed stitching visible.

    Book of Flowers

    $3.99
  • White line illustration of a typewriter with labeled parts on a black background, as a machine embroidery design. White line drawing of a typewriter on a black background, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    It's All Schematics - Typewriter

    $3.99
  • Embroidered blue quill and inkwell with a Write banner, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered feather quill, inkwell, and Write banner on beige fabric as a machine embroidery design.

    Quill and Ink

    $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a skull, an open book, and swirling tentacles woven in detail. Embroidered skull and tentacles emerging from open book, with a ribbon reading “searches after horror haunt far places.”.

    Lovecraft Stories

    $4.99
  • Nine outlined books in pink and blue form a horizontal border in this digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Nine outlined books in a row, each shaded pink to blue, as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Bookshelf Border

    $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a caterpillar with swirls, a pipe, and a mushroom, shown in ink style. Black-ink style embroidery of a caterpillar with a hookah on a mushroom, available as a downloadable machine design.

    Smokin' Caterpillar

    $2.99
  • Scribbly black line embroidery of a girl with a bow and hands on hips, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Scribbly black-and-white embroidery design of a girl in a dress with bow, hands on hips; digitally downloadable file.

    Alice's Adventures

    $2.99
  • Cross stitch owl in glasses and cap sitting on stacked books, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of an owl with glasses sitting on books, speech bubble with the word word.

    Wordy Owl

    $3.99
  • Digital embroidery design: skull, flying bird, and crossed arrows on dark fabric. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a skull with dark wings, crossed arrows, and gray feathers on black.

    Quoth the Raven

    $5.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring One More Chapter text above an open book with swirling accents. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring One More Chapter text with an open book motif.

    One More Chapter

    $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of the Queen of Hearts with crown, scepter, and heart card in hand. Black line embroidery of crowned queen with heart scepter and cards; digital machine embroidery download.

    The Queen

    $2.99
  • Sketchy black line embroidery of whimsical figure holding a teacup, stitched on beige fabric; machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a tea cup, pocket watch, and feathered hat in a quirky, whimsical style.

    Mad Hatter

    $2.99
  • Embroidered cat design with a wide grin and striped scarf on cream fabric, for machine embroidery digital download. Tabby cat with stripes and a patterned scarf, stitched on textured fabric in a whimsical, scribbled embroidery design style.

    Fancy Cat

    $1.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing a bunny in a top hat, vest, holding a pocket watch and cane. A digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a rabbit in a top hat and tailcoat, holding a cane and pipe.

    Fancy Rabbit

    $2.99
  • Colorful dragon above A Book a Day Keeps Reality Away; digital machine embroidery design. Embroidered dragon with swirling leaves and the phrase A Book a Day Keeps Reality Away in decorative text.

    A Book a Day Keeps Reality Away

    $3.99
  • Embroidered Reading Fairy with glasses sitting on stacked books, shown as a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered fairy with glasses sits on a stack of books; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Reading Fairy

    $2.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of stitched waves, a sun, and an open book, as shown on a tote bag. All I Need Is the Beach and a Book light-stitch machine embroidery design, digital download.

    All I Need Is the Beach and a Book

    $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a monkey wearing glasses, holding a book, and playful embroidered text. An embroidered cartoon monkey wearing glasses holds a book, shown in the Adorkable digitally downloadable design.

    Adorkable

    $2.99
  • Embroidered stack of books with a ribbon and ombre effect; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered books stacked and tied with an ombre pink-purple ribbon featuring stitched script: Ive Lived a Thousand Lives.

    I've Lived a Thousand Lives

    $2.99
  • Embroidered roses, a heart pierced by a sword, and banners in a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered roses, heart, sword, and banners with I never saw true beauty till this night in thread; digital design.

    Candlelight Tales - Romeo and Juliet

    $4.99
  • Embroidered violin with swirling ribbons and decorative text reading Candlelight Tales - Sherlock Holmes on fabric. Embroidered violin and mask with Sherlock Holmes banner on tan, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Candlelight Tales - Sherlock Holmes

    $4.99
  • Embroidered hand holding a skull with banners, shirt cuffs visible; trumpet appears in background—Hamlet embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design with a skull, sword, trumpet, and a ribbon reading What dreams may come.

    Candlelight Tales - Hamlet

    $3.99
  • Purple skull, knitting needles, and cauldron in swirling embroidery; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a purple skull and needles positioned above a cauldron.

    Candlelight Tales - Macbeth

    $4.99
  • Embroidered ship on waves with candlelight; banner above reads, True places are not on any map. Digital embroidery design. Embroidery of a ship with a stitched banner reading It is not down on any map as a digitally downloadable design.

    Candlelight Tales - Moby-Dick

    $3.99
  • Embroidered bat, castle, and rose motif with a ribbon displaying Children of the night, what music they make. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design with a bat, castle, roses, and “Children of the night” banner.

    Candlelight Tales - Dracula

    $4.99
  • Phoenix and dragon embroidery swirl on tan with banners reading Eternal I Shall Endure in a digital embroidery design. Embroidered winged creature and dragon with “ETERNAL I SHALL ENDURE” on tan shirt sleeves, machine embroidery design.

    Candlelight Tales - Divine Comedy

    $4.99
  • Purple and white line art embroidery design of a raven and bust with banners, shown as a digitally downloadable file. Embroidered design with a raven sitting on a laurel branch, ribbon accents, and Quoth the Raven Nevermore text.

    Candlelight Tales - The Raven

    $4.99
  • Alice, Cheshire Cat, cards, and “We’re all mad here” digital machine embroidery design. Machine embroidery design depicting Alice falling surrounded by swirling playing cards, stitched in whimsical detail.

    Candlelight Tales - Alice in Wonderland

    $3.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of an owl beside a dripping candle, shown in rich Halloween-themed colors. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a colorful owl and candle on a Halloween-themed bookshelf scene.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Owl and Candle

    $6.99
  • Embroidered book stack labeled Haunting Tales, featuring vintage-style stitch details and dark, Halloween-themed colors. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of stacked vintage books with Halloween motifs and haunting décor details.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Haunting Tales Stack

    $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a Jack O Lantern, spider web, books, and intertwining vines. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of shelves with books, a jack-o’-lantern, and an owl in Halloween style.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Jack O' Lantern

    $2.80 $6.99
  • Embroidered Book of Spells design displayed beneath a stitched spiderweb on black fabric; digital machine embroidery design. Embroidered bookshelf scene with books, potions, pumpkin, owl, and witchy decor; downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Book of Spells

    $5.99
  • Embroidered bookshelf scene with a crystal ball and wizard frog on black fabric, in a digitally downloadable design. Embroidered crystal ball, frog, books, and festive décor shown in a digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Crystal Ball & Frog

    $5.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a spell book, potion bottles, and cobwebs on a dark background. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring books, a pumpkin, an owl, potions, and witch hats on a shelf.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Potions and Spells

    $5.99
  • Embroidered scene shows a hat, wand, books, stars, and cobwebs on black; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design. Embroidered scene of a bookshelf with a pointed hat and magic wand; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Magical Hat and Wand

    $5.99
  • Embroidered spell books sit on a shelf with a spiderweb above the stitched words Witchs Spells in this embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a Halloween bookshelf with potions, spell books, an owl, and a pumpkin.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Witch's Brew

    $6.99
  • Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design featuring a stitched skull and crow with gothic detailing on fabric. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design of a skull and crow on a bookshelf with cobwebs and gothic details.

    Build a Halloween Bookshelf Scene - Skull and Crow

    $5.99
  • Embroidered books arranged horizontally, showing textured vintage spines on a black background; digital embroidery design. Digitally downloadable machine embroidery design showing horizontal stacked books, potted plants, and a butterfly in a dome.

    Build a Bookshelf Scene – Horizontal Book Stack

    $5.99
  • Five embroidered books, each with detailed spines, are stitched in a row on a black fabric background. Five upright, ornate embroidered books in a row; digitally downloadable machine embroidery design shown.

    Build a Bookshelf Scene – 5 Book Row

    $6.99
  • Embroidered design of seven books in a row with detailed, vintage-inspired spines; digital machine embroidery design. Embroidered books and plants with a central butterfly in a glass dome, digitally downloadable machine embroidery design.

    Build a Bookshelf Scene – 7 Book Row

    $6.99

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.