I agree Quilt fabric.com is good for batiks , but another good choice for a very wide variety is Pieceful Hearts fabric in Lisle. Other than Christmas fabric Quilt Fabric.com in Willowbrook does not usually have much in the way of Metalic. Pieceful Hearts always has a pretty good selection of various types of metalic fabric. They do have a good variety of batiks ( just not as many as Quilt Fabric.com .
Just an FYI when I shop for metalics , I like Favorite Fabrics ( a member here) , and on line shop with a very good inventory of metalics and the best prices for current fabrics.

>>Just an FYI when I shop for metalics , I like Favorite Fabrics ( a member here) , and on line shop with a very good inventory of metalics and the best prices for current fabrics.<<

Oh I know! I just bought a bunch from her :)

Can't remember if I've been to Pieceful Hearts yet. I know I was at one up north but when I got there it was very small (in the corner of a mini mall) and there was more floor space dedicated to decorations than fabric, also the selection was basically "Thimbleberries R Us" and not a single batik. Of course that was several years ago.