Detached Chain Stitch and Variations

 Detached Chain Stitch * Detached Chain Stitch Fill * Double Detached Chain Stitch

Detached Chain Stitch AKA Lazy Daisy is great for leaves and flowers. You can experiment with tension here, giving a thin or more rounded leaf/petal shape. 

Come up with your needle at A and go back down the same hole, leaving a loop. Catch that loop at B, a stitch length away and tack down your loop at C. Play with stitch length, and experiment with tension, creating a thin or more rounded shape. Combine multiple detached chain stitches sharing a center point to create a lazy daisy (right).

Detached chain stitch fill. Fill a shape with rows of detached chain stitches. Line the stitch up parallel to each other (top) or create them at variable angles to better fit the shape (bottom).

Double detached chain stitch. Begin by creating the small center detached chain stitch. Come up with your needle at A and go back down the same hole, leaving a loop. Catch that loop at B, a small stitch away, and anchor your loop at C. Repeat, creating a larger detached chain stitch by coming up slightly above the original stitch and tacking just below it. Add a third stitch to create a triple detached chain stitch.

See also Chain Stitch, Reverse Chain Stitch