A very belated "Welcome" to you!

I just read a suggestion about batiks that I thought I'd pass along. Some batiks tend to have areas where the color blends look sort of muddy, so you should view a large section from the bolt before you have it cut. Then you can see if you will need to buy more than your original requirement in order to avoid using the undesirable sections.

Thank you for the tip. Great ideas from everyone.
Sherry

Hi Sherry. Batiks are expensive, but they are absolutely my favorite. I get mine from Big Horn Sheep on line. Their batiks are $7.60 a yard and some on sale for as low as 6.45. I think the best way to start quilting is to buy a small beginner wall hanging or lap quilt with all the pieces pre-cut. The pieces are die cut and are perfect so you won't make mistakes by cutting your pieces too large or too small. Also, I have a question for anybody else out there!! I bought a beautiful 161/2" by 16 1/2" butterfly fancy stencil and a beautiful butterfly border. I want to make my first Durham quilt and I am using my stencils on whole pieces of Batik fabric. My question is: Do I repeat the larger stencil all over until I get to the border part, or do I use the large stencil only once and use a cross hatch quilting for the rest of the quilt? :shock: :?

A Belated welcome from West Virginia so glad u join

A BIG welcome from sunny Florida.
Don't forget to go to Joann's and sign up for there bi-weekly flyer which includes your 40 to 50% off coupon. You will receive there flyer by mail. That discount sure helps. You can also sign up on there web site.

beautiful quilts, and lot of efforts put into them. Work of love, much to treasure.

:) Thank you, we can all use coupons for fabric!!

Thank you. I had stopped receiveng the coupons and just recently signed up on the internet to receive them again. I hope they arrive soon...

Welcome to the board, You will find some wonderful information and tips and some really great folks here. I am a newbie and everyone has been so kind and helpful. Again welcome from southeast ga.