Onto the secondary flowers…

the yellow flowers above are made with this sessions stitch: detached chain stitch 

If you haven’t chosen your second blooms, some things to think about…

 If you’re considering this bouquet as a little spell, the secondary flowers act as the supporting role - like the compliment to the star of the show, helping to shift the energy a bit. 

So for example if my main flower was a sunflower with the intention of solar inspired action and expansion, I might want to flavor that with a hint of gentle grace by adding, perhaps, some lovage or lady's mantle.

These smaller clustered flowers also provides textural contrast from the smooth petals of the sunflower, especially when brought to life in the stitch of the day - detached chain stitch.

The video above shows a few more innovative ways to use the detached chain stitch than your basic lazy daisy  

(there is no audio to the video, it's meant to just be a quick visual lesson) 

IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH DETACHED CHAIN STITCH, WATCH THIS VIDEO FIRST TO LEARN.

This stitch can look so many different ways by adjusting the length and width, but its gentle teardrop shape can be used for infinite styles of blooms.

Also note how the direction of the stitch - so whether you start at the outer edge of the petal or the inner edge of the petal - changes the effect (splitting the embroidery floss down to three strands gives you more of a pointed end than the six strands of embroidery shown here)

What blooms might benefit from ending with the curved end of the stitch (like a zinna blossom) vs the pointed end of the stitch (like a rudbeckia flower), both pictured below?

You can watch the how-to of the chain stitch here if you’re not familiar with it, or you can jump right into the possibilities of this stitch here!

 If you are working with your blooms on a smaller piece, you may appreciate this PDF with descriptions of how to use the stitches from both this session and the next to create dozens of different types of flowers on a small scale. 

Hope this helps support your practice!