Thanks ladies. About a third of the way thru I wished I hadn't used batiks but I have so many from other projects that I wanted to use up. I wash my batik items in cold water with a couple of Color Catchers, same as I wash all my quilted items (honestly, I don't wash them too often).
SBG, I like the orange but it's a color I rarely use. When we started the first FWS I never used yellow-hate yellow. With encouragement from the group I added yellow and now use it all the time. Maybe after seeing the examples of orange here I'll become more comfortable with it. That's why I like these sew-alongs: I always learn something new from the other sewers.