Question on Batiks
03-04-2011, 02:23 PM
#53
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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?
03-04-2011, 02:35 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by justlooking
I have been buying batiks, but I haven't gotten up the nerve to work with them yet! What's wrong with me? Sounds like I am missing out.
03-04-2011, 03:41 PM
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I was told by a woman who works with batiks all of the time that they don't need to be prewashed as they have to be washed so much to get the wax out. They supposedly don't have a lot of "loose" dye left in them. Can anyone confirm this?
03-04-2011, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ceil
I was told by a woman who works with batiks all of the time that they don't need to be prewashed as they have to be washed so much to get the wax out. They supposedly don't have a lot of "loose" dye left in them. Can anyone confirm this?
03-04-2011, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
Originally Posted by Ceil
I was told by a woman who works with batiks all of the time that they don't need to be prewashed as they have to be washed so much to get the wax out. They supposedly don't have a lot of "loose" dye left in them. Can anyone confirm this?
I think the process does away with excess shrinage, but it does not do away with excess dye.
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