I am on the ambivalent fence with batiks. I have some batik fat quarters and think they are pretty, but I have no real desire to do an entire quilt out of them. There are some batiks I think are lovely, and I do use them but more for accent pieces on purses. I did do a whole laptop case from a batik kit, which was a bear of a project, which probably did not enhance my love of the fabric. Basically I would not go out of my way to use batiks but do not totally reject them either. I did think I was the only one in the quilt world who was not completely gaga over them though, nice to know that is not the case.