Make me like Batik....
02-19-2011, 01:17 PM
#81
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To each his own. I like batiks, but don't care for calicos. Doesn't mean that either is wrong.
There are just too many fabrics out there to worry about not carring for something that someone else likes.
There are just too many fabrics out there to worry about not carring for something that someone else likes.
02-19-2011, 01:49 PM
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The batiks fabric for the majority of US manufactures don't have a clue of what a batik fabric is. If you reseach outside of the US, they are 100% cotton, so soft, so supple you don't even have to iron the fabric. No wrinklinng, so wash and dry, you'd think they have polylester in them but they are 100% cotton. I think from my own experience, they are a lighter weight cotton, yet 100% cotton for the warmer climates and they are truely remarkable fabric. Whenever I travel overseas, I look at all the fabric stores...so different.
02-19-2011, 02:09 PM
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I wouldn't call you defective because you don't like batiks any more than I would want to be called defective because I don't like Amy Butler or Kaffe Fassett or calico. Quilting has such diversity about it...choice or patterns, fabrics, machine or handquilting, methods, etc. Personally, I love, love, love, love batiks...also Orientals, novelties, florals, etc.
02-19-2011, 03:06 PM
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I LOVE batiks...they finger press beautifully,they smell wonderful, they do not fray, they have no "wrong" side, each yard is unique, they do not shrink.
Only bad side...they SHOULD be pre-washed as some do bleed. Yet, I have used them unwashed and have not had any bleeding.
That said...they are very $$$$ pricey so I save every little scrap.
I feel it is a personal preference...like your favorite color or type of print fabrics you prefer. Some like 30's fabrics, some don't.
Give them a chance...
XOXOXOXO Subee
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Only bad side...they SHOULD be pre-washed as some do bleed. Yet, I have used them unwashed and have not had any bleeding.
That said...they are very $$$$ pricey so I save every little scrap.
I feel it is a personal preference...like your favorite color or type of print fabrics you prefer. Some like 30's fabrics, some don't.
Give them a chance...
XOXOXOXO Subee
http://www.subeesews.blogspot.com
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
I'll probably get yelled at for this one, but I don't like batik fabrics. I don't like the way they feel, it's like they're super stiff, don't really like the way they handle, and I just in general don't see what's so great about them. To be fair, I have purchased a few from all over, some I pre-washed and others I didn't to see if there was a difference.
What do you like about batik?
What's so great?
Why do you like them?
make me like them!! I see so many pretty quilts with them, but I just don't know.. am I defective or the only quilter here that doesn't like them?
What do you like about batik?
What's so great?
Why do you like them?
make me like them!! I see so many pretty quilts with them, but I just don't know.. am I defective or the only quilter here that doesn't like them?
02-19-2011, 03:11 PM
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I have seen some gorgeous quilts made of batik fabrics, but have only made one quilt using them. I make mostly scrap quilts, but don't think that the batiks fit in well with other fabrics, they seem to work best when the quilt is only batik...at least that is my opinion.
02-19-2011, 03:30 PM
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I once bought a batik fabric to make a dress in Texas, and discovered that it doesn't breathe, because a true batik is created by waxing the "do not dye" areas, much like we used to wax an egg to prevent dye dye from taking in that area. So I think it's kinda like a tie dye... Each color added is "waxed" differently. Gorgeous color patterns, but dense weave.
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