There are a few batiks in my stash . . not many at all. I have nothing really against batiks. I prefer to work with regular cottons and since batiks cost more, I just don’t buy a whole lot of them. The next project is names (by Chad) Pueblo Sunrise and these are the fabrics:
The yellow is the background and the other fabrics are . . well, they’re the “other fabrics”. 
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Looks like a yummy set of colours, maybe it’s time for a quilt for an hour a day?
I like batiks, but I don’t have much in my stash either, too expensive for me. What I do have was bought on sale. I can buy Moda Marbles by the bolt, making the cost per yard half of what batiks run. Vince would be proud!
I love batiks..I have a nice “stack” of them….you’ve piqued my interest in 2 things. 1. your new project and 2. I think (therefore I’m probably wrong) that batiks and reg. fabric are priced the same here at LQS… dang now I will have to go to one (or 2 or 3) and investigate.
I love the batik colors and especially the name for your quilt.
I like the name for the quilt, too.
I really like the look of most batiks but I hate the price. I like the colors you have chosen. The name Chad chose fits the colors.
I love batik quilts and can’t wait to see what you do. I bought a batik quilt kit but seeing as how I’ve never made a quilt maybe that wasn’t such a good idea! Maybe I can pay someone to make it for me!
Pamela, my first ‘real’ quilt top was all out of bali fabrics and it was a whole lot of fun and not scary at all!! You have a kit – pull it out and just do it!! don’t feel like it’s to much for you, it’s not!! So, pull that kit out and play with your beautiful fabics!!
The title sounds interesting, colors suit it well. FYI I finally got around to Morning Splash…..started yesterday, hope to do a little at a time. Love your sewing instructions.
LIke you , I do not have a lot of batiks in my stash. I do like them for their colour combinations however, I am a hand quilter and they have a really tight weave that makes it hard to push a needle throu.gh…hard on arthritic fingers. I usually add some to my scrappys since their odd combos really fit.
Don’t care for a lot of the batiks I’ve seen but these I like!
i like the batik prints i see in the catelogues, but that’s where i leave them.
I have friends who are really into ‘art’ quilts and do fabulous things with batiks, but that’s a fabric that i haven’t played with very much as i prefer the hand and the look of the old fashioned cotton fabrics.
that is a pretty color combo that you’ve got going. interested to see what you do with it.
Great name and choice of fabrics!
I LOVE batiks!!!!! And I will be making a french braid out of them here soon. And I love to use them mixed with my ‘regular’ fabrics – they add alot of colour and sparkle to a quilt.
When I got into this hobby, I had read to put fabrics in your stash you love – or fabrics that ‘speak’ to you. I did that, and batiks are in my stash!!!
I love batiks, they are my favorites, and my husbands, so he never balks when I want to buy them. I bet about 1/4 of my stash is batiks, (500+yards!) and yet, I have only made ONE quilt out of them! I kind of hourd them, and dont share. I am making my Morning Splash out of them, and I cant wait to see what it is going to look like! I love the colors you picked, and I am SURE it is going to be ANOTHER awesome quilt! Even with EQ, I am amazed at all the patterns in your head that you crank out! and we will all be waiting to see this one!
IF-and thats a big if-i get up in time I see that Pueblo sunise –it is so, so beautiful-infact I have a picture of it on the morning we got the call that Holly’s Mom passed away that morning at 4:30. What a beautiful remerbace.There is a little quilt pattern a lady from around here-Faith Wellman–faithwellman@yahoo.com-has -she probably only has 10 or 12 patterns-small and uses paper pieceing on part of the patter.. Such easy, fast and cute little gifts
The fabrics look yummy….I love piecing with batiks…they just behave so nicely. I look forward to seeing the completed quilt.
I have batiks, and I throw ‘em in with other fabrics because their saturation/intensity brightens up the others, whether in totally scrappy quilts or sorta controlled (reds, whites, blues) quilts. The best piece of advice I ever got about piecing batiks was to use a size 70/10 Microtex sharp sharp sharp needle.
Very nice….and yes, the same woman who told me about the 70/10 Microtex recommended against hand-quilting because of the tighter weave of batiks. I think she said something like, regular quilting fabrics have 60 threads per linear inch and batiks have 72? (it was about four or five years ago)
Love the colors, batiks are usually out of my pricerange, nor does our local store carry many!
I’ve worked some with batiks and I’ve found they vary in texture and thickness. I first worked with thicker fabrics and I was a little skeptical about working with batiks again. But as my skill level increases, I find I need to take a little more time working with the thicker batiks. I find no difference between the thinner batiks and other cottons.
Love the colors and the title. Can’t wait to see it.
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