Delightful quilt!

neat quilt! never a big fan of batiks, but coming to love them as I see more and more beautiful work done on this board.

I never could afford batiks on my budget,but a friend turned me on to them. I do hand needleturn applique and batiks are great for this .They dont ravel and the colors are great in Jacobean type applique .I am finishing a sampler one of flowere and it is gorgeous. Also can do on my SS budget as I can buy as little as and eighth of a yard of fabric and get many piecee. hope this makes sense.

Love those colors MaryB; another Batik addict here. Love the Bali Pops and Jelly Rolls etc. etc., lately have made some handbags from the strips and totes etc. for Christmas gifts. Am going to start on a quilt very soon ... having trouble deciding which color combination; they are endless.

I have been in love with batiks for years. I gravitate toward them whenever I'm in a fabric store. I drool, I fondle, I buy. I've made several quilts using only batiks or batiks and a solid. I am working on another now. All of the quilts shown in this thread are absolutely beautiful!

Are you taking a class to do that quilt, or just doing it?
I am in the process of collecting fabrics for it, but plan
to take a class.
Marcia

Can you post a full on picture of your avatar quilt?

Lori, I absolutely love your quilt. Was that your first
Judy Neimeyer, or have you done others?
Marcia

I am not the FQ Stash Queen for nothing. Love, love, love batiks and balis. Have enough on hand to make that quilt. It is absolutely the most fantabulous one I have seen in I don't know how long. Please PM me if you don't mind sharing the pattern.

Thanks, and God Bless. Cherie

I hope this worked, here are 2 of my latest quilts
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-93128-1.htm

I can't seem to look at anything but Batiks. It's like no other fabrics are in the quilt shops.
Your quilt is just "Beautiful" ,a true work of art. Thanks for sharing!

It is not a Judy Neimeyer, the pattern is called Joy by Jauquline De Jonge. She has great patterns but they are not for the faint of heart , she is dutch , and it is her husband that does the translations for the directions.... so sometimes there are a few ... not so great ... instructions. I have done Judy Neimeyer patterns as well. Both designers have fabulous patterns that are just screaming ...BATIK!!!
Here is the link to her web site .. great inspiration!

http://www.becolourful.nl/en/index.htm

Me too, me too!
My recent project...

Oops! My mistake. I have seen her patterns before and
they are so similar to Judy's that I just assumed it was
a Judy Neimeyer pattern. It is still beautiful.
Marcia

I checked them out....never in my lifetime will I be able to do something like that :!: :? :roll: I probably have the ability, but not the attention span.

I too Love, Love, Love Batiks, Great job.

I also love Batiks. I am a new quilter and sewer. I have trouble distinguishing the right side of fabric from the wrong side. Any suggestions?

Wowee!!!!

Yep, unless you can really tell the difference between the right and wrong side, don't even let it worry you! I never do.

there is no right or wrong side... the feel is different, and they can have soooo many colors rolled together

I am also a batiks addict and yes I have a really hard time cutting them. But now with the economy the way it is and both my husband and I out of work I am now able to use my stash and very glad to have it.
LOVE, LOVE my batiks.

I too love batiks. Although I have never made a quilt with only batik fabric, i have used them in quilts and for backings. I recently spent $80 on a batik for the back of the quilt I'm making for my bed at the lake featuring the Wind and Waves fabric. the batik had shells and starfish in it. In the future-like hopefully this year-I have plans to make a batik quilt for my DIL(who will be giving me a grandbaby this Sept.) for Christmas. And I would like to make a Bargello wallhanging for my dining room featuring all batiks. LOVE,LOVE, LOVE them!

I love batiks and this is a laugh....I hate to cut them up. They are the best to work with when doing stain glass projects. Anytime that I have a project with the raw edge effect I always use them.

WOW!!!! work of art, love it

I'll be leaving in about 2 weeks to go to Malaysia and plan to shop for batiks there, and possibly take a class in making batiks.

Count me in on the Batik Addicts club! Love your quilt!!

I love Batiks as well. In fact, we have over 150 bolts of batiks in my store. Here is some examole of how batiks make quilts pop out.

One is one of our kits, another a variation of the delectable mountain pattern using batiks, and my favorite is tumbling blocks using one Batik as the insides. They remind me of Japanese Lanturns.

Lanny

I am a huge fan of batik and use it most of the time. What book is this pattern from? Love it, thanks for sharing.

I've made two major projects with batiks: A seminole patchwork jacket for my daughter and a king-size quilt.

I am a batik lover like you . Save the scraps by Gale Bong has a great pattern called geese in the garden I made a king sized quilt and also I did a quilt of wonder blocks by terry Martin where the blocks are on point all of them are batiks .Now I am starting Carol Doaks Book of stars with batiks I will get a friend to get pictures and put them on the computer . I am not adept at that. The wonder block quilt was a very quick way to go and the geese one very detailed .Love what you did.

I've seen "batiks" used a lot. Will someone please explain to me what it means. In the dictionery it says "A material printed by an Indonesian method by hand-printing textiles by coating with wax the parts not to be dyed". Sort of like those eggs I used to make. Now, I don't think that is what it is meant in quilting. Is it a whole bunch of material of the same color pallat?
Rita

Love the quilt-so colourful!

I love working with batiks too. If I had more time I would make more batik quilts, the movement and rich colors are so enjoyable to work with.

thats really pretty both of them

thats really pretty both of them

thats really pretty both of them

WOW to each and every one of you who has posted a batik quilt or project. They are all wonderful! From another batik lover.

I too love batiks. Great post and beautiful quilts.

I love batiks too!! Here's some of mine plus a few done with chenille.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-56568-1.htm

Great quilt!!!

As many of you know, I lived in Bali for 2 years so yes, I too, am an addict! I sold about 2000 yards of batik to many of you on this quilting board and I will be returning on 7 March from another trip to Bali where I'll be bringing back more batik!
I love the good batiks that come from Bali and Java and do not waste my time on the cheap, low quality stuff that comes from India. If anyone ever has any questions about batik, feel free to PM me and I'll sure try to answer them!!

Wonderful