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I love them ! :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by Katz13203
Question: When you use batiks, do you mix regular cotton fabric with them?
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I love batiks and have used them unwashed and prewashed with no problems. I love the variety of colors and patterns. Their my personal #1 choice.
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I have used batiks for years and have not had a problem. I do prewash and I would not hand quilt them. That's just my opinion. :-)
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Originally Posted by Amanda from South Texas
I absolutely love batiks, the color, the richness, etc. and have purchased (of course enough for everyone on the board to quilt haha). But I have read so often people discussing how batiks are a challenge to work with and now I am intimidated to use them. Why are they difficult to use?
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I love batiks,but they are hard to work with for hand applique.
Great for machine piecing though. |
I love batiks and haven't had any problems working with them. I've seen where people write and say they are hard to work with but wonder if it is the colors that they have a problem with instead of the actual fabric.
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I think they are greatly improved over the years. I like to choose a good brand.
I don't have any trouble hand quilting. |
They are not hard to work with, they are a tight weave which some don't like to hand quilt but I have never had a problem with it. The only problem I have had is the colors are so saturated that many times batiks only go well with other batiks. If it is small pieces it works okay but not big pieces. Jan
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I am working on a q/top batik I bought, as usual I washed all -top/backing/binding , and when ironed I COULD NOT BELIEVE that it had stretched 3 inches sideways, I was HORRIFIED, a lovely lady on this board came to my rescue and told me to wash again ,towel press excess water and tumble, it went back to original size but disappointingly looks raggy.
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