I have never really gotten into batiks, but lately there are just some extremely beautiful ones and I think I may need to reconsider! Here is one I found today...and I think it has opened the door to batiks for me

http://www.christaquilts.com/index.p...ducts_id=11739

That would make one stunning quilt!

I LOVE batiks, so I am admittedly very biased LOL but that is beautiful fabric and I agree it would make a gorgeous quilt :D:D:D

I love batiks. I use them more than anything else.

Sybil

I adore batiks.

Most of my stash is batiks, I have a hard time shopping in any other section of the quilt shops! They are very versatile, and the patterns and colors are gorgeous.

That is one beautiful fabric. Better than ice cream as far as I am concerned.

Beautiful fabric. I use a lot of batiks except when hand-quilting. Tried that once--never again!! Let us know if you get it and what you decide to make with it.

I love batiks too! I lean towards blues/purples/greens, but am slowly expanding my color selection to do a quilt I have in mind.

Make yourself a small project, wall hanging, tote bag or something...then you'll really be hooked! :)

I adore batiks but I've found lately that they don't like to be used with fusible webbing. I think it's the wax resist used to make the patterns. On the last bunch I bought I could smell the wax still in the fabric (like crayons) and it wouldn't fuse at all. What could I use to prewash to get the wax out?

Between my stash and all my UFO's I have promised myself that "I am not allowed any more catagories of fabric. So NO to Batiks at this time.

Batiks is my middle name. Can't get enough of them. :wink: :wink: :wink:

I have pretty much swore off batiks because I hand quilt. I will use them in very small amounts.

I LOVE batiks.

That one is a beauty. I love most batiks. Just my thing.

I LOVE batiks. When I was visiting my mom in the hospital today, her nurse came in and had on the most beautiful batik scrub jacket. I commented that I am a quilter, and that I REALLY liked her batik jacket. She thanked me, then looked down and noticed that the jacket had a tear at the corner of the pocket, then said if she loses the pocket by Friday, she'll give me the jacket for the fabric. Cool, hunh??

Oooh the one you found is beautiful! I haven't used batiks much 'cause they often cost more and are on sale less than other quilting fabrics. But I joined the batik block exchange recently and now I think I'm hooked! Beware. Once you buy one, you'll want more.

Check out fabricdepot.com they usually have them fairly reasonable :wink:

Why is it hard to hand quilt with batiks? I hand quilt and just finished a bargello in batiks. Please give me a clue. I noticed two people said no to batik for hand quilting

I think they are pretty, but they smell funny when you iron them.

I love batiks. Check out SewBatiks.com. They have some beauties.

They are a tighter weave, higher thread count so for lack of a better term they are a very dense fabric that are difficult to hand quilt with small even stitches. However, I hand quilt and love batiks so I settle for less than perfect hand quilting stitches. Here is a link to a quilt I did that had two borders done in batiks that I handquilted. There are two closeup shots of the handquilting I did on batiks. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-22344-1.htm

Oh just go ahead and try them once, You'll find you may or may not like them, but at least you'll have tried!! (LOL......Hee hee...we'll have her hooked...one try and that 'll be it...wink, wink...we'll have her addicted like the rest of us)

batiks are so beautiful,but I hand quilt so dont use them. Also the fabric lies well with applique as they dont ravel,but alas they are hard to get a needle thru. Only very small areas are in batiks in my quilts. Jolo

Shibori - the fusible web problem may be due to the brand (manufacturer or company) of batiks you have purchased. The major brands don't have this problem in my experience - I make bags/totes frequently and use fusible fleece with the batiks often instead of batting for structure.

The batiks with a more limp and lighter weight feel to them seem to be made without good standards even though they may still be priced in the high range! Although their patterns may be appealing, I choose not to purchase them. Hope this helps you not give up on batiks!

I LOVE batiks! I've collected and used them for years. I find that you can just about pull ANY batiks out of the cupboard and they work well together.

I would love nothing better than to get my stash down to nothing but batiks, wouldn't that be something. I would never leave my sewing room but even worse I would never make anything. I love them so much I hate to cut into them. I started collecting them yrs ago, I think I still have the very first piece and it has yet to be cut. Ohh I hope my hubby never finds out about my love affair lol.

Rita

The best thing about batiks is they all go togather.
No matching fabrics, they all match.

I think I have that one :lol:

My batik stash grows slowly, I add to it when on sale, cann't live without it, leftover from another project.

Sometimes a batik is the perfect inner border on a quilt that otherwise has no other batiks in it.

Go for it!! :-o

They are a thighter weave and maybe the dye process has something to do with it. I also try not to do needle turn applique with Batiks.

Batiks are Wonderful they have a very interesting History and are Wonderful to peice, I would ask an expert about Hand Quilting though, Batiks are so tightly woven that I believe hand quilting would be a Nice Challenge :)

I use more Batiks in my quilting than any other fabric. They are beautiful to work with but I also think you need to purchase them from a quilt shop not JoAnns or Hancock. Once you start using good batiks you will be able to FEEL the difference in quality and which will be nice to use.

Once you use the one you bought you will be hooked on Batiks! They are so awesome as blenders. My mom, 84 yrs young, just "discovered" them for quilting and now is buying up a storm!

I have some of that fabric - I just love it.

Gosh! I've not had that problem......just did a kit, in fact, with pieces so small that I could not prewash them. I used Steam a Seam lite on them and had not problem.....should I "knock on wood". Perhaps it's your bonding agent and not the batik?????

Wow, that is pretty. And not a bad price.

I have used batiks in needle turn, and loved it. I guess maybe these old hands and my needles are either sharper and stronger than I thought or I really didn't have a problem, I love it for applique, no fraying and oh the results. (kiss finger tips Italian style) lol.

I also dearly love them and they solved a problem in our family. I told my DDs and hubby that when it comes to gifts for me think Batik. Last Christmas my DH was in Hancocks picking out pieces that he knew I would like, and all the quilting ladies and clerks were fussing over him saying how they wished their husbands would do that. He really enjoyed his shopping trip. Sooo. . . drop those hints, Mother's Day is coming soon. Much better to receive a couple yards of beautiful batik than that same old bath powder. :lol:

Batiks are my absolutely most favoritest material of all. I can see me having nothing but batiks in my stash but batiks. Between that and fat quarters, I am good to go. Too bad they don't make batiks in flannel then I would be in fabric heaven.

ReRe

QUESTION???? Why should you not quilt with batiks? Thanks for the answer.

Meant to say "hand quilt"