It happened again
 

I got another big shopping bag of fabrics. Mostly batiks. It was given to me by my husbands boss.
What do i do with all the batiks. also got about 18 more fat 1/4's. that brings the total to 50 now. what a lucky blessing.

so what do i do with all these batiks, mostly brownand green, other colors, but mostly brown, greens and oranges.

Brown, green, and orange. How do you feel about Fall wall hangings? You could make pumpkins, etc.

Or I could give you my address..... :)

i bet they would look good in an orange peel quilt

Sounds like fall to me! Make a quilt with a fall panel you like a lot and use it for borders, or as accents to patterns you intend to work on. Batiks work well with regular cottons & just give added interest or movement depending on the designs.

as boston 1954 said "I could give my address! There's never enough batiks in my stash! They make traditional patterns look new! ( and they are just pretty to look at.)

I'll take them off your hands! :) Lucky you!!!!

It's difficult to think of fall in the midst of summer. Do you have enough to do a two or three color quilt that would look good? Maybe Google 3 color quilts...or go on Pinterest.
Edited to add: ​It is a nice problem to have. :-)

batiks are beautiful! Make a scrap quilt. Go to pinterest to find a pattern you love. If you don't love batiks, join a scrap swap on the board and swap them for others. Congats on your manta from heaven! Jane Quilter

Margied-------love the picture of your dog. Looks like a dog we had 12 years ago

i made this with batiks

Saw a pattern the other day that was in black and white. It would look good in fall colors. It is call Lug Nuts. Just google Lug Nuts Quilt Pattern. It is a large hexi type quilt, but being that the hexi's are so large, it could be put together on the machine instead of by hand.

Turning 20 or a fall art quilt with the leaves all different colors.

thanks for the ideas. most pieces are 1/2 to a yard some more. Never really had a lot to work with, i'll have to figure this one out, and all those fat quarters.

What a wonderful windfall. Lots of great ideas, and it will sure help not having to spend $$ on fabric. Also, it may give you an opportunity to pass a little forward. Happy for you!!

I know you do a lot of hand quilting, but for batik, I'd use the machine because it is more tightly woven. I really like the stained glass effect with batiks. Or the over and under quilt, which is so easy.

You could make a fall bed runner.

Congratulations Lynnie! I bet that was a huge surprise. Just do searching for patterns & the right one will jump out at you. Can't wait to see what you make from them.

Congratulations Lynnie, I know you will come up with great ideas....you always do!

Or What about a fall table runner?"

Lynnie, join in on the next runner swap on here. We finish up the recent one the end of this month and hopefully start a new one after. Or you already have my address........ These colors would make nice Christmas gifts as a lot of people use greens and browns in there homes. So you can make runners and toppers and lap quilts placemats etc. for Christmas gifts. I repainted my living room just last week and it happens to be a medium brown hint hint. lol Hope you post a picture of whatever you make. Purses would be good too. Have a good weekend. Lucky girl.

Lynnie,
One of my favorite types of patterns for using batiks are from the books by Sharyn Craig.

http://tinyurl.com/y8q3myy2

Giant scrappy swoon quilt along, on here would look good in those colors.

Boston1954.......... I share your idea... send to my address! Lol
But to be serious... how about square within squares? OR log cabin? Hmmm, too many possibilities. I'm sure you'd find an idea soon.

Hi Lynnie,
I was checking out the board and couple days ago and ran across the post, Moda Pattern of the week in the Links section. It has some really great patterns that might work for you there. And they are free to download! There were so many I saved because they were wonderful!

thanks, red, will go take a look there.

Lucky break for you. I love Batiks and you will be happy with whatever you make from them. Be sure and share your projects.

Oh my what a nice surprise!! I would try to make something I haven't tried befor, one block at a time! Before you know it you will have a table runner or a quilt!! Just have fun!!

What a blessing!!! I see some beautiful landscape art quilts in your future!!

One of my favorites is cutting rectangles from the fabric, then adding a narrower strip to the two long sides. Next alternate these blocks vertical and horizontal in rows. With those colors, I would probably use the browns and greens for the rectangles and the oranges for the side strips.
If you cut the rectangles 4.5" x 8.5" and the side strips 2.5" x 8.5", your finished block would be 8.5 x 8.5". I am certain this pattern has a name but I don't know what it is. I saw one once and just duplicated it without a pattern. It's fast and easy, but looks great!

Check out the Mackenna Ryan patterns...awesome quilts using batik.