What's in your batik stash?
05-27-2011, 06:12 AM
#51
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Love batiks. I love the way they look, how they feel, not crazy about price now days. I have a pretty good stash, not as much as I use too, made a 120 x 120 quilt with my stash so that used up a lot of it. Like just about any color, my favorite is a red that is on the back side of the quilt, just a square, but it is sooo pretty. My avatar is made out of batiks also and the border is one of my favorites too. Have bought some on ebay too and someone on one of the message boards sent me quite a bit just because I posted how I loved them and she had won some in a raffle and she wasn't a batik lover. Very nice of her to do that and nearly everything she sent was just beautiful.
05-27-2011, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by joyce888
I'm an impulse buyer when it comes to batiks. But I have started buying more with only 2 or 3 colors in them. I'm also looking for more neutrals to use as my background with batiks; they seem to be harder to find; most have a strong color or print.
05-27-2011, 07:18 AM
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I pick up batiks at random mostly. I have prints and more solids but I love them all. One of my problems is I tend to pick the darker ones. I am now looking and purchasing some that are lighter tones!
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Are your batiks fabrics a planned group, or were they spur-of-the-moment purchases?
Did you have a project in mind when you bought them?
Do you have mostly "prints" or mostly "solids"? Do you favor those with mostly one color-family in them, or ones with a greater number of different colors in them?
Did you have a project in mind when you bought them?
Do you have mostly "prints" or mostly "solids"? Do you favor those with mostly one color-family in them, or ones with a greater number of different colors in them?
05-27-2011, 07:21 AM
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Most of my batiks are prints and purchased just because I loved them. I have a lot of red/orange/yellow, blue/green/purple, and black/whites/grey...and a pretty good selection of brown/creams. Oh, guess that means I have pretty much some of all the main colors! I love batiks.
05-27-2011, 07:45 AM
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I have everything, though I noticed that I too tend to shy away from the neutrals. I also buy the Bali Pops, in fact. I love those. I just took a workshop with Judy Niemeyer and she uses batiks for her patterns.
Beverlys has 5 different Bali Pops packs right now for a really good price.
Beverlys has 5 different Bali Pops packs right now for a really good price.
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