At first I was not drawn to batiks...especially the ones that have what I call imprints/stamping on them (like fern leaves or whatever). I do love the ones that look like watercolors what I call the old fashioned batiks. There are so many ways to use them to create many different effects in quilting. Being such a traditional quilter it did take me awhile to warm up to them but once I did there was no looking back.