Batik backing for batik quilt top?
#21
Originally Posted by DebraK
Originally Posted by Dee Dee
If you are making a quilt top with all batik fabrics, Is it important to also use a batik backing, or will other cotton fabric do as well? My LQS sells batik backing fabric for $17.98. Ouch! I don't blame her, I'm sure her prices are quite high. But if I can use other regular good cotton LQS fabric, it sure would be a cost savings.
#23
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I find that batik fabric does have a "different" feel to it. Higher thread count perhaps or thicker dyes in it.. The gal that does my machine quilting for me always takes that into consideration when we select a quilting design for the top. She suggests not using a design that is too dense.
#24
Have you checked out equilter.com? She has some gorgeous batik backings. I especially like the peachy one at the bottom of page 2. Thinking of purchasing that one for a jelly roll batik quilt top that is still hanging on my board. There are over 200 backings in stock right now.
#25
I mix batiks and cottons all the time. I love batiks for backs-well I love batiks anywhere. I prewash all my fabrics so they've been preshrunk/color tested before I combine them. Connecting Threads has batiks too. Sometimes people in LQS are just expressing their opinion or what they've been told and take as fact. good luck with your quilt.
#27
Just my opinion--if I am going to machine quilt on my sewing machine or hand quilt, I use batik to back an all-batik quilt. Batiks are so much more stable on the crossgrain. I'm cautious about using a fabric with a stretchier crossgrain. If it's quilted on a long-arm I wouldn't be concerned.
#30
I've used regular yardage batiks for backs just because that's what I wanted. Also all the batik backing fabric that I've seen looks different (more cotton looking) than the regular yardage of say Hoffmann or Kaufman batiks. I'm getting ready to make a back from a mixture of backing batik and Hoffmann batiks; this will be my first "pieced" back.
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