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I does rayon melt like polyester when doing the flame test? That would be a sure fire way to tell but I don't know if it works with rayon like it does with blends and polys. It could be the LQS accidently put a bolt of rayon batik in with the cottons.
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I have used a lot of batiks in different sewing situations, ie paper piecing & regular rotary cut blocks & have never had them ravel. I would take the fabric back to the store.
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Must be a bad quality fabric, or you got a rayon or blend type batik for clothing. ? I've used cotton quilting batiks for 15 yrs now and never had one ravel. Batiks normally have the highest thread counts of any quilting fabrics ...
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Rayon
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I've never had this happen with batiks. Let your LQS know about this, they may want to investigate further to see it they should be carrying it. Maybe they'll reimburse you or give you a credit for different fabric.
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STARCH it. That should help.
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I have bought and used a LOT of batiks and have never had this
happen. I did get some "batik" strips in a swap that were printed and not real batiks. They were cheesy - thin (almost sheer) and a puff of air would ravel them. Please go back to the LQS. |
One of the advantages of batiks is that their high thread count makes them
much less likely to unravel. I would return to the quilt shop and ask them what the problem is. It may be that it is not cotton as Paper Princess suggests, but that is unusual. -Judy |
It probably is not a true batik then. I forgot to mention that a good friend just purchased dark blue from Moda from a LQS and it bled so bad that she returned it. So even expensive fabrics can have problems.
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Originally Posted by deanna.r
Could the batik fabric be rayon instead of cotton? I have seen a few places selling rayon batiks and rayon can really fray. If the store won't do anything about your problem; or, if you love the fabric colours and really want to use it, my advice is starch, starch, starch. Also, if you can, make your seams a little more than 1/4". Possibly, you may have to zig-zag them if you plan to wash the quilt. Lastly, I would quilt the finished project very closely. Hope things work out.
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