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06-22-2010, 01:56 PM

#491

BrendaB

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Muscatine, Iowa by way of West Virginia, Washington State, and Montana

Posts: 1,130

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Originally Posted by Alisapao730

LOL! :) Thank You! hee hee!

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Originally Posted by Dagny

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Originally Posted by Alisapao730

O.K. I'm in for this one too! I'm a newbie and just finished my Black/white/bright blocks. I just discover Batiks and fell in love with them! When I went into the LQS and asked for "BA- TICKS" They laughed at me. I didn't know that they were pronounced "BA-TEEKS". Certain LQS's I avoid when they can't accommodate a customer. Do we tell you the pattern, color choices, etc?

I'm adding you to the activity page, Alisapao, and when you choose a block, you can let me know and I'll add that also. We will accept either Ba-ticks or Ba-teeks, whichever you send. You're among friends here.

:lol:

Been there, done that. Mine was crescents/croissants (sounded with a q no less). I turned around and left without whatever the heck they are called. They were spelled crescents.

06-22-2010, 05:47 PM

#492

mom-6

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: Texas

Posts: 6,395

Count me in. My block will be a strip pieced pinwheel. Not sure the official name, but I did a scrappy throw with the strips from the strip swap and it was so much fun and so easy to do.

06-22-2010, 06:09 PM

#493

Dagny

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: West of Cleveland

Posts: 505

I'm adding you to the activity page, Mom-6. Welcome to the swap.

06-24-2010, 09:11 AM

#494

Katie Ann

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: Mill Creek, WA

Posts: 420

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Originally Posted by Snoozle

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Originally Posted by janecat

Is there a special color-setting product that anyone recommends when washing batiks?

Hi
Batiks are specially processed fabric using several dye baths and wax to creature the designs or textures. At the end of the process they are rinsed in very hot water to remove the excess dye and wax. As a result they tend to be very color fast and pre-shrunk. I prewash and dry mine like-colors together. If your still skeptical, Shout makes a product called COLOR CATCHER they look like dryer sheets but they are for the wash and they trap excess dyes. (They really do work well).Hope this info helps

I used the Color Catcher on my batiks too. There was only one of them that had a teeny tiny bit of color on the sheet when they were finished. Glad they don't bleed like a lot of other fabrics.

06-24-2010, 05:51 PM

#495

Dagny

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: West of Cleveland

Posts: 505

It's time for the second installment.

First photo:
R1: JuliaSB, JuliaSB, Dorrell Ann
R2: Dragonfly Nana, SMTP5, Posey Bell

Second photo:
R1: Nancy in Louisiana, Feline Fanatic
R2: Donna 373, Missgigglewings

All together, now: OOOOOOH! AHHHHHH!

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06-24-2010, 05:52 PM

#496

Dragonfly Nana

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: inland part of Virginia Beach

Posts: 2,655

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Originally Posted by Alisapao730

When I went into the LQS and asked for "BA- TICKS" They laughed at me. I didn't know that they were pronounced "BA-TEEKS".

I pronounced it wrong too but my LQS was much kinder to me. She just said "Honey, the prefered way to say it is BA-TEEK, but we all know what you mean. Follow me and we will have some fun."

I love those gals!