Question re: Batiks
#41
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I also have mixed batiks with other cottons in a quilt. I feel the batiks can add interest to what may be an ordinary looking quilt. Heck, I just finished a wallhanging that had cottons, upholstery fabrics and faux suede in it. Then embellished it with beads. I love it. I guess I'm a bit unorthodox, but they are "mine"!
#44
I mix all kinds of fabrics on certain projects. The Quilt Police are met at gun point at my house because they weren't invited. I once entered a quilt show, I was way ahead of my time as I was doing circles and pebbles and because my quilting thread crossed it's self I didn't even place, LOL. No problem for me. About 10 years later my quilting on this quilt became and is all the rage. So do as you like and don't worry about what someone else thinks, as long as your happy with it, it won't matter.
#49
Batiks have a much tighter weave, and may act differently when quilted. If my long arm quilter said her machine doesn't like the mix, and if you want her to quilt your quilt, then I would listen to her. Personally, batiks seem so different in nature than prints, I like a quilt with just batiks, not prints mixed in, but that's just my choice.
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