Yes, you guessed it, the open fishbone stitch is the latest stitch on my 100 Stitches list. On this border, you may also recognize the running stitch and french knots:
This is an extremely easy to learn stitch. It is a lot like the fishbone stitch but even a bit simpler! To demonstrate this stitch, I am using quilter's weight cotton and pearl cotton floss, dmc #798:
100 Stitches suggests that this stitch may be used to fill any open shape. I drew a shape and added a dotted reference line down the middle:
Start the stitch by coming up through the fabric on the left hand side of the dotted reference line:
Now go back into the fabric at a slant from where your floss first emerged: 
Pull all the way through:
Come back up through the fabric on the opposite side of your shape:
and go back into the fabric on the right hand side of the guideline, and a bit below the point where your floss first emerged:
Pull through to form the stitch:
Then just like the very first step, come up through the fabric on the left hand side of the guide line:
and then back into the fabric:
forming another slanting stitch:
back up through the fabric:
pull all the way through and go back into the fabric on the right hand side of the guideline:
and pull all the way through:
continue in the same way:
Until the shape is filled:
This is an easy stitch and it gives a beautiful result:
especially with my washable marking pen lines erased:
Looks pretty good on the underside of the fabric too!
This stitch is stitch #12 and is listed in the flat stitches section of 100 Stitches.
in eight different colors. Half of the cards have a whimsical food related image: 
And half are plain:
The colors range from pale blues and pinks:
to acid greens and yellows:
And I know they will be fun to use! 
I just listed these in the big B 
Next, go back down through the fabric a little to the right of where your floss first emerged:
Pull through and this makes a small stitch:
Come up through the fabric below where your floss first emerged:
This creates another diagonal line of floss under the fabric, forming an "x". Pull through and go back into the fabric right where your floss first emerged - sort of like a back stitch:
Go back into the fabric, next to the first stitch on the bottom row: 
Come back out of the fabric on the top row, to the left of the stitches:
and back in:
and to the bottom row:
until you have a whole row of stitching.
Easy and fun to do!
This stitch is in the flat stitches section of 100 Stitches.
There are carrots, radishes, greens, green onions and of course a big ripe tomato. I think this would be so perfect stitched on a fabric grocery bag:
I love all these fresh spring colors! I especially like the colors at the bottom of the green onions:
I finished stitching the last two snowmen - one in red: 
and one in mostly blue:
Red and white striped and checkered:
Some bright blues:
Faded stripes:
And a nice amount of this 1970's big print:
I really love all the different styles and colors of these fabrics. I need to think of some interesting projects to use these on!
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