Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Hoffman is now selling a 220 thread count bleached white PFD cotton lawn that is being hyped as the same base fabric they use for their batiks. I believe that is what the OP is talking about. It is not batik until it's dyed, as has been said, and will have no pattern/design whatsoever. IMO, it will simply look like a plain white sheet, very boring.
http://softexpressions.com/software/fabrics/PDF.php
You are right, about a batik being dyed, but it is also boiled to remove the wax. I think this is part of the process that makes the weave so tight. So even if you buy the same fabric before it is dyed it still won't be just like the batiks.