I'm taking a batik painting class at our local college, signing up tomorrow, starts in October. I've also been looking at this site about HOW to hand dye with the good dyes, and her recipes for colours.
http://fabricdyeing101.blogspot.com/...roduction.html
She buys her dyes out of Toronto (and they're on sale this week), the link is here. They can be purchased online. I'll be getting the Procion MX (powder) dyes.
http://www.gsdye.com/index.html
Will let you know how I do with the dyes, and the batik painting course.