dyer804

And I love and appreciate getting them!
Thank you Mad!

M.Elizabeth

I really don't care much for batiks either!

MarionsQuilts

I love them! I have more batiks than any other fabric!

Here's what else you can do with those little pieces

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Boston1954

People are very diverse. There are many who love prints emulating the 30's and the Civil War. They do nothing for me. That is why we have so many wonderful choices.

K-Roll

I used to do collage printmaking. (In fact, I used to do batik, too.) I just saw a TV show about a collage technique which uses itsy-bitsy scraps. I can't wait to try the technique out. Fuse the bitsy scraps over design, or attach by sewing with invisible thread, then trim to the outline of the design, then applique the unit. It may not be a new thing yet I'd never seen it. I've always disliked throwing out bitsy scraps.

thimblebug6000

I use and enjoy most quilting fabrics.... I don't have a love affair with the 30's type but like when others use them....

I went shopping the other day for fabrics to add to my Peacock project.... chose my fabrics and paid... then looked at the receipt. At my closest quilt shop...... 2 metres were at $20.99/m and 2 were at $18.99/m and the black was $9.99/m..... (Canadian dollars )

When I am done this project.... I really need to make myself use the tidbits left over from these recent purchases....

quiltingshorttimer

I love batiks!! They always look so rich in color to me and I love color--not muted. I'm tackling a new quilt project now using all my left over strings-including lots of batiks--and making them into blocks to use as 1/2 the HST (black other 1/2)and then who knows where I'll go with that.

I'd like to make one of those collages someday too--so saved the smaller scraps for that!

lindaschipper

I have made one Batik quilt for my son and daughter-in-law and personally, I did not like the feel of the material. Sincerely doubt if I will ever buy any again.

ckcowl

many of today's fabrics- including batiks are very different from what they were 20 years ago. I have quilts made from non- batik cotton fabrics from the 90's that also have holes & frays. The quality of the fabric is not as good as it is today. I have some wonderful, high quality batiks and some much older - not so great ones- they have come a long way.

Wanabee Quiltin

There is a great fabric store near me and they used to have these $1.00 FQ sales. Women would go nuts over the batiks and I just gagged at them, didn't like them one bit. But then one day, I saw some that were rather pretty and decided to buy 2 or 3. I kept buying just a few at a time and then one day they offered a Courthouse Steps class and the sample was made with beautiful batiks. So I had all the fabrics already and made a gorgeous quilt. There are still some batiks I don't like just as well as not liking some 30's prints or Civil War fabrics. I pick and choose to get only the fabrics I love. I have now made many batik quilts and they all turned out great.