Neat! I love visible mending. Did you use those stitches to cover up holes? Anything behind them like interfacing? The fishbone one reminds me of a fancy hair braid my friend used to do when we were kids.
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Yes, there are tears and holes behind the stitches. I didn't back it with anything, just whipped stitched the holes shut and added some extra stitches where I felt it might fray open. This is just a tote bag and usually they aren't filled with much so I'm not too worried. And if it still breaks, well, it's just a tote bag, my friend probably has replacements.
I know those braids ! I never has the patience to finish them but they do look cool.
Really like the look of that fishbone stitch but it strikes me as something that might take a bit of practise to get looking right, much like my currently very shoddy satin stitch! Yours is lovely though :D
Do you have any tote bag in need of repair ? :) If you look closely at mine, you can see that it's not perfect, fishbone stitch is forgiving.
Also, satin stitch is deceptively hard, you need perfect tension all the way, I don't like it.