I’ve been experimenting with a few stitches that I’ve not tried before - there are so many different stitches.
Tulip stitch is so called as it is meant to look like a tulip flower (I think it looks more like a flower bud!).
When I was designing my free tulip pattern earlier in the year, I considered trying to come up with a design to use tulip stitch but in the end went in a different direction.
It’s based on a lazy daisy (or single chain) stitch, so if you are familiar with these, then this stitch just needs one extra element.
Create the lazy daisy stitch
At the bottom of the lazy daisy stitch add a small straight stitch, this will be the stem of the tulip so can be a little bit longer than the straight stitch normally used in a lazy daisy stitch
To create the leaf element, bring the needle up through the fabric to one side of the tulip
Pass the needle underneath the ‘stem’ but don’t pierce the fabric
Take the needle down through the fabric to the other side of the tulip as symmetrically as you can.
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