mjsylvstr

both are beautiful but my personal choice would be the watercolors

MYWR

prefer the watercolors - but have used both - LOVE BATIKS !!

Ann912

Watercolors, for sure.

ShirlinAZ

Both, but I think I like the mottles best.

QKO

Not to get too technical here, but technically, only the mottles are batiks. The watercolors are hand-dyes. On Hoffman's site, you can tell the difference by looking at the name -- if it says hand-paint, it's a batik. Of course, all batiks are also hand-dyes, but not all hand-dyes are batiks.

We're just about to unpack our big shipment of mottles and other new Hoffman batiks and hand-dyes today. Can't wait to see them! The cool thing about ordering in May and not getting them till October is that it's like opening a big Christmas present. The other side though is that it's a lot of work to get all those fabrics up on the website. :mrgreen:

PWinston

Watercolors.

caspharm

I love both.

Mariposa

I love both! But I tend to use watercolors more, as I like them for smaller pieces, and I do more smaller items. The mottles are great for borders and such, and those special projects.

fivepaws

Both, I love batiks.

SusanW

I've used both, but I much prefer the watercolors!