This is one of the few stand alone stitches from the chain stitch family. This stitch resembles the Bull’s head stitch, and often even mistaken with it. But there is a small difference in the way they are stitched. Moreover, a detached wheatear stitch is a single loop of the Wheatear stitch, which will be the next stitch to be posted.

 Knowledge of bull’s head stitch will help you understand the difference and logc behind both stitches. Knowledge of the reverse chain stitch will be an advantage.

Fig 1: We start by making the ‘ears’ of the wheat seed. For that, we pull the needle out through A and put it in through B, as shown. Then, the needle is pulled out through C. Note that B lies at about 90 degrees angle between A and C.		Fig 2: We now make the other ‘ear’ of the wheat seed. For that, put in the needle through B and bring it out through D. D lies straight below the point B.
Fig 3: Now, we follow a reverse chain stitch procedure to make the wheat seed. For that bring the needle out from D and take it underneath the previously made stitches without plucking the fabric beneath.		Fig 4: Put the needle in through D again to finish up the stitch.
		Fig 5: A finished detached wheatear stitch would look like this. It is a lot in resemblance to the bull’s head stitch. If you note, here, the loop of the chain lies under the ‘ears’ or ‘horns’ , unlike that in the bull’s head stitch.

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Also known as: Slipped Detached Chain

This is among the few detached stitches in the chain stitch family. The name of the stitch is derived from its resemblance to the tulip flower. So, this stitch can be used to make tulip flower patterns or it can become a small part fo a bigger flower…of course, the imagination is yours! It can also be used as a filling in stitch to fill up patterns.

To be able to do this stitch, you need to know the lazy daisy stitch.

Fig 1: Start by doing a lazy daisy stitch as shown above. Consider that A is the base of the lazy daisy and B is the tail.		Fig 2: After putting in the needle thru B, bring it out thru C. C lies at about a 90 degrees angle from B and is about 2/3rd the distance from A. Note that this is just an approximate measurement I am using for a typical tulip stitch. You need not be strict about it. Now, take the needle beneath the ‘tail’ of lazy daisy without plucking the fabric.
Fig 3: Now put it in through D which lies symmetrical to C.		Fig 4: A finished tulip stitch would look like this.

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