Also known as: Detached chain stitch
This is often used to give petal designs and small floral patterns. It consists of a single loop of chain than the continuous pattern. Lazy daisy is one of the extremely easy stitches. This stitch need not be limited to just petals and leaves, but can be used for more complicated designs too.
To assist our lessons, I will be making a floral motiff. For that, I have made a focal point by marking a small ring as my stitch line. My stitches will begin at the edge of this ring. Note that I have used a multicolored thread and not threads of various colors to demonstrate this stitch.
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| Fig 1: Bring the thread out through A. Put in the needle near A and bring it out through the point B, but don’t pull the needle out completely. Now, loop the thread around the needle, like we would in chain stitch. |
Fig 2: Pull out the needle out to tighten the loop. Put in the needle just outside the chain created and that will finish the lazy daisy stitch. |
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| Fig 3: This stand alone stitch can be used freely to be a part of any design. Since I have decided to make a flower, I will proceed with making multiple lazy daisies around the marked stitch line. | Fig 4: The completed flower made of multiple lazy daisies. |
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Lazy daisy can be given a more filling effect by making layers of lazy daisies too. For that, you may do a lazy daisy stitch within a lazy daisy.
Tags: basic embroidery, chain stitch, chain stitch family, chain stitch variations, chain stitch variety, detached chain stitch, embroidery tutorial, hand embroidery tutorials, lazy daisy
so why lazy daisy? cuz of easy and petal like stitch? who coins these names??!
oh chetta, I have also wondered why this stitch is named thus. Through my research I found out that the honest name of this stitch is ‘detached chain stitch’. This is because it can stand alone as a single loop unlike the other chain stitch family members that always link to each other.
Since these loops can be used to create floral patterns that resemble a daisy flower, it must have got more popular with the name ‘lazy daisy’.
aww….this is so pretty…
i should say your stitching lessons are getting more interesting in every post….m loving it Jubs…:D
Thanks Marlin dear!
A work appreciated is worth the effort put into it.
molae, i think it gives a feeling that you used different threads, cuz of the different colors. probably you should mention that you used just one varying color thread.
I will give a note to clarify the confusion. But along the way, let us also know that this flower can be made with lazy daisy loops using threads of different colors to create colorful effects.
lovely handmade arts and interesting site!~i’m doing some embroidery these days using ribbons:)
i’ll back to ur site again and learn more about embroidery!thanx sarah my dear teacher:):)
Hey Lena, interesting to know that you are into ribbon emroidery. It has been my interest to do it some time in future.
Thanks for refering our site to learn. I hope it helps. I see that you are from china…maybe we can share some information on chinese embroidery sometime? 
Hi,
Nice to see ur work..
I am also very much interested in the hand embroidery… I am Software Engineer by profession but very much intersted in embroidery.
Dear Mini,
It is easy for me to miss out on replying to certain messages…somethign liek what happened to yours.
We recently had a baby and had been busy with tending the family for some time.
I am glad that you found interest in embrodiery.Hope our pages help you. I am back to adding more stitches on a weekly basis… enjoy experimenting with them.