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Old 04-27-2011, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Me...
Bali Pops are Hoffman Batiks. They don't have lines for the batiks. Your best bet is to just take swatches to the LQS for some or when you are shopping online.
Ah, but they most certainly do.
But not the same way the prints do.

Each color, whether solid or mottled or combo had it's own number and/or name.

Each pattern, whether solid or blocked, has its own number.

For instance, here is the latest offerings from the BatiksPlus blog (the mothership of Hoffman Batik info):
http://blog.batiksplus.com/

So the solid handpaints are "line" 1895 plus the color number.

Mottleds are "line" 839 and the colorway.

If you look at the first batch on the blog, DENIM is a colorway, and the pattern is H2272 (the squares batik).

The other DENIMS are the same dyed color, but if you want that pattern in a different color, you can scroll down to H2272 COFFEE.

So there is a method.

Sadly, a lot of shops don't list by these numbers so it's really hard to match, especially on colorways that are really, really close.

But they're getting better than they used to be. Especially the ones on quiltshops.com. They might not have the info in the same format, but at least the color/pattern numbers are provided.

eQuilter is another story. I always have to call to confirm if what I think I'm looking at on their site is really the batik I think it is.

This is a great reference source - at least a starting point - for tracking down batiks when you don't have a selvage:
https://www.batiksplus.com/SuperStor...sortmentID=342
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