I have a pattern that calls for many isolated lazy daisy stitches. It's beginning to make me crazy, as I keep doing them and redoing them. They keep coming undone!
Any suggestions? They're stitched with filament and 1 floss strand. There are no crosstitches to anchor them down. I'm at a loss of what to do.
I've tried doing a few overhand knots, but the darn metallic keeps it from being secure. I also tried the continuous thread, but you could see a dreadful line from the front.
That's a tough one because the lazy daisy stitch doesn't have enough 'substance' to cover an anchor as you might have with the pinhead stitch and the filament is slippery. I'm going to get flak for this because in another thread I just said I wouldn't encourage knotting/gluing if there's an alternative. Honestly, in this case if there's no stitches nearby to anchor it, the metallic won't hold a knot, the stitch doesn't have enough 'substance' to whip an anchor, and running a floater is obvious and undesirably visible on the front, I'd knot and add a drop of Fray Check to see if it will hold. Slip something under the knot, like a flat toothpick and use the Fray Check sparingly -- only dab a tiny bit on the knot (a tiny dab, it will seep), don't get it on the fabric. I'd be afraid it would be seen on the front if any got on the fabric. Give it a few minutes to set and then slip the toothpick out. Test it on a scrap first. Fray Check is made by Dritz and is probably available in whatever store is close to you that carries sewing notions (JoAnn's, Walmart, Hancock, et al).
