cherrio

love thousands of bolts. my go to online place : )

Janet Espeleta

I used a batik fabric on the back of a quilt that was made using batiks with black Kona cotton. It made the quilt so slippery that I can barely use it as a lap quilt. I always pre-wash my fabric so I can't even blame it on that. After that experience I always use regular 100% quilt shop quality fabric on the back of all my quilts.

jfowles

I found clearance batik @ fabric.com, at the time it was 30% off clearance price, so I really got a deal, but their regular clearance prices are a real bargain too. I really wanted to use batik for the quilt back of a very colorful top. The fabric wasn't my first choice of colors but there are so may colors in the top and anything would have looked fine. I think mine turned out great. I'm going to check them now to see if any batiks are on clearance. I'll let you know.

jfowles

There's a clearance batik in purple for under $6.00 a yard if you want to check it out, Hope that is helpful. I love the help and ideas I get from everyone here, I've learned and explored some great things.

Ann912

Fabric.com has 108" batik for $10.99.

Shelley

Go to SewBatik.com Their batik wide backs are made of goods that don't have that really tight weave, and the fabrics are beautiful. These are really great people to work with, too!

elm

Do whatever looks good to you. That's one of the nice things about quilting. You get to follow your gut all the time.

Rann

Try www.MarshallDryGoods.com for backing--it is $7.99 and they have a good selection. their tie dyes are similar to batik.

drgranny

Even though the price of 108" cotton may seem high, you only need as much as the shortest length of the quilt,


Don't you mean the longest length of the quilt?

MTS

Not if the shortest length is less than 108". ;-)