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Long-tailed daisy stitch

  • Long-tailed chain stitch
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This stitch is a long tailed version of detached chain stitch (also known as lazy daisy stitch).  It consists of a small, single chain stitch which is anchored with a long tail.

For more background, see the entry for chain stitch.

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Chained Isolated Open Filling Leaves Crewelwork Surface

Long-tailed daisy stitch is generously sponsored by Kelley Mitchell

Method

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Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 1 illustration
Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 1 photograph
1

Bring the needle up and down in the same hole, leaving a loop on the surface. Bring the needle up in the loop.

Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 2 illustration
Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 2 photograph
2

Pull the slack of the thread against the needle and then bring the needle through to the surface.

Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 3 illustration
Long-tailed daisy stitch method stage 3 photograph
3

Decide how long the tail should be and take the needle and thread to the underside.

Long-tailed daisy stitch

Structure of stitch

Chained Isolated

Common uses

Usually found as a powdered filling in Jacobean embroidery. May be arranged singly or in groups.

Open Filling Leaves

Embroidery Techniques

Crewelwork Surface

Related Stitches

Detached chain stitch Chain stitch Pistil stitch

Identifying Long-tailed daisy stitch

The looped part of the stitch is made quite small compared with the long tail with which it is tied down.

References

  • Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1934) , p.72