I Will Not Waste My Batiks!
#22
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
Well, I just finished watching two videos about how batik fabric is produced. It is a fascinating, tedious, and time consuming procedure, which made me stop and think about a couple of things. The people who lean over floors to scrunch and fold the fabric, and then add dyes etc. to get the gorgeous patterns and colors we all love. Also the fact that because it takes so long to get through all of those steps, we are very lucky these beautiful yards of color do not cost a lot more than they do. I will no longer take my batiks for granted.
#25
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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I love batiks! I'm a scrap hoarder - I make foundation-pieced crazy quilts with all my "itty-bitties" and tiny batik scraps are great for that - they're so tightly woven that I can often get away with putting them down over little gaps and raw-edge appliqueing them into place.
In my non-crazy quilts I mix batiks and solids and prints all the time; the differences in the fabrics are really not noticeable once it's all put together.
In my non-crazy quilts I mix batiks and solids and prints all the time; the differences in the fabrics are really not noticeable once it's all put together.
#27
I save every little scrap (and I shake my head each time I do) for confetti and collage art quilts. Some favorite quilts have been created from only tiny pieces!! I love making something out of nothing!!
#28
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
That's what I do too. I took a second place ribbon for my crumb quilt. The corner stones were 2 X 2 inches and one of them had 11 pieces in it.
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