Batik or not to Batik that is the question!!
#31
I use more Batiks in my quilting than any other fabric. They are beautiful to work with but I also think you need to purchase them from a quilt shop not JoAnns or Hancock. Once you start using good batiks you will be able to FEEL the difference in quality and which will be nice to use.
#34
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Gosh! I've not had that problem......just did a kit, in fact, with pieces so small that I could not prewash them. I used Steam a Seam lite on them and had not problem.....should I "knock on wood". Perhaps it's your bonding agent and not the batik?????
#36
I have used batiks in needle turn, and loved it. I guess maybe these old hands and my needles are either sharper and stronger than I thought or I really didn't have a problem, I love it for applique, no fraying and oh the results. (kiss finger tips Italian style) lol.
#37
I also dearly love them and they solved a problem in our family. I told my DDs and hubby that when it comes to gifts for me think Batik. Last Christmas my DH was in Hancocks picking out pieces that he knew I would like, and all the quilting ladies and clerks were fussing over him saying how they wished their husbands would do that. He really enjoyed his shopping trip. Sooo. . . drop those hints, Mother's Day is coming soon. Much better to receive a couple yards of beautiful batik than that same old bath powder. :lol:
#38
Batiks are my absolutely most favoritest material of all. I can see me having nothing but batiks in my stash but batiks. Between that and fat quarters, I am good to go. Too bad they don't make batiks in flannel then I would be in fabric heaven.
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