Batik backing for batik quilt top?
07-31-2011, 04:52 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by DebraK
Originally Posted by Dee Dee
If you are making a quilt top with all batik fabrics, Is it important to also use a batik backing, or will other cotton fabric do as well? My LQS sells batik backing fabric for $17.98. Ouch! I don't blame her, I'm sure her prices are quite high. But if I can use other regular good cotton LQS fabric, it sure would be a cost savings.
07-31-2011, 05:47 AM
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I find that batik fabric does have a "different" feel to it. Higher thread count perhaps or thicker dyes in it.. The gal that does my machine quilting for me always takes that into consideration when we select a quilting design for the top. She suggests not using a design that is too dense.
07-31-2011, 06:15 AM
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Have you checked out equilter.com? She has some gorgeous batik backings. I especially like the peachy one at the bottom of page 2. Thinking of purchasing that one for a jelly roll batik quilt top that is still hanging on my board. There are over 200 backings in stock right now.
07-31-2011, 06:20 AM
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I mix batiks and cottons all the time. I love batiks for backs-well I love batiks anywhere. I prewash all my fabrics so they've been preshrunk/color tested before I combine them. Connecting Threads has batiks too. Sometimes people in LQS are just expressing their opinion or what they've been told and take as fact. good luck with your quilt.
07-31-2011, 06:42 AM
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Just my opinion--if I am going to machine quilt on my sewing machine or hand quilt, I use batik to back an all-batik quilt. Batiks are so much more stable on the crossgrain. I'm cautious about using a fabric with a stretchier crossgrain. If it's quilted on a long-arm I wouldn't be concerned.
07-31-2011, 07:16 AM
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I've used regular yardage batiks for backs just because that's what I wanted. Also all the batik backing fabric that I've seen looks different (more cotton looking) than the regular yardage of say Hoffmann or Kaufman batiks. I'm getting ready to make a back from a mixture of backing batik and Hoffmann batiks; this will be my first "pieced" back.
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