Hi, I just thought I would let you know that Rochelle Martin of Cottage Quilt Designs has published a pattern called Batik Stars using our fabrics! WOW! This is a landmark for us!! Rochelle and I worked hard to find just the right fabrics for this quilt. We are working on others that will be arriving shortly.
We’ve also added other new patterns, so come and check us out at our online store.
This is a quilt designed by Rochelle Martin that is made using traditional batik designs and Bali fabrics. It is being quilted and should be online soon!
Hey there! It’s been a while, but I thought it was time to let you know that our BIG shipment came in and we’ve added most of the fabrics to our website and those that aren’t there yet, will be there this week. We received a lot of the blue and white traditional designs, especially a few of our old favorites that had gone out of stock. Unlike a lot of fabric stores, we import our own fabrics and this means that sometimes the designs and fabrics we want are not necessarily available. Usually if we are patient and keep looking, they show up again in the fabric markets and we are able to buy them again for Batiks by Design. In the mean time, we buy and try out other new and exciting fabric designs. When we receive a shipment it is kind of like Christmas. Some of the stuff we expect and others are totally unexpected but always a great surprise! Come check out our store and look through our new – and old designs.
We are also adding patterns that we think would be wonderful made out of a combination of our traditional design fabrics and our Bali batiks. In the near future, you will be able to see many of them made into quilts! We hope this will stimulate your imagination and get you thinking of how you can use these beautiful, unique fabrics in some of your quilts. We even found some applique’ patterns that we think will work! If you know of a design or pattern that you think is especially suited for our fabrics, please email us at batiksbydesign@gmail.com. We would love your input.
Batiks by Design is participating in the July Fabric Shop Hop, known informally as the FabShopHop. Read more below!
fabshophop.com will award a Bernina and Brother Sewing Machine as their two Grand Prizes in the July FabShop Hop! Visit your soon to be favorite online independent quilt and fabric websites and become eligible to win thousands of dollars in prizes!
Registration has already begun for the shopping tour that takes you across North America in your PJ’s. Join in the fun with the online FabShop Hop – July 1-31.
The FabShop Hop Bunny will guide you from site to site to hop and shop, and when you get there, find another bunny hidden somewhere on the site. Click on the bunny, sign in to show you’ve been there and continue on your journey.
Here’s How It Works:
Read the guidelines at
https://www.fabshophop.com/hopmain.asp
then click on “July List of Shops” on the left menu. On that page, you will find a list of all the shops participating in the FabShopHop. At each site you visit, look around and find the fuchsia bunny that says ‘youfoundit’ with July dates — click on the bunny, and a prize registration page will come up –
fill in your email address and click on the “register for prizes” button.
This sends a message to our database that you registered for prizes at that site. You will receive a Thank You message and an email confirmation that you have registered at that site. You can then continue shopping at that site or go back to the home page for that site and continue on the Hop.
Prize winners are selected in a RANDOM drawing from among all eligible entries. http://www.fabshophop.com/rules.asp
Join the fun today!
http://www.fabshophop.com/hopmain.asp
Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s to all the mothers out there - a special discount for you. Type in HMDPromo during checkout for a 20% discount! To all of you who are not mothers, you can use it too! This discount is available until May 24th.
I’ve been working with Rochelle Martin of Cottage Quilt Designs to make some of her patterns using my traditional batik designs. I’ve attached a picture of our first effort as it is being made. Check back to see the quilt as it progresses. Let me know what you think at batiksbydesign@gmail.com.
Timeless Treasures Bali batiks have been added to the site – finally! The next thing I need to do is let you know what traditional designs work with which Bali fabrics and vice versa. Of course not all of the Bali fabrics were bought to coordinate with my other fabrics and just because I like it with a fabric doesn’t mean you won’t like it with something else. They are just meant to be suggestions!
If you would like to see a fabric you like in person, email me and I’ll send you a swatch. As much as we try to get our colors right on the computer, all screens are different and the colors won’t be exact. We’ll be glad to send you a swatch so that you’ll be completely happy with your purchase.
Have a GREAT week. There’s lots going on at Batiks by Design, so keep checking back for updates.
Patti
Welcome to Batiks by Design! We are the home of traditional batik fabrics from Indonesia. Come on over and take a look. In the latest issue of Quilter’s Newsletter, there was an article on using ethnic fabrics in quilts. Here’s a place for you to start looking for some of these exciting fabrics to add to your stash. We offer a large number of traditional designs on 100% cotton fabrics that we import directly from the markets in Indonesia. Our patterns change a lot due to the ebb and flow of the markets, so keep checking back to see what is new. We have a shipment on it’s way that is due to arrive at the end of May. We’ve stocked up on a lot of blue fabrics since these seem to be the favorites so far AND a new quilt design is coming out soon using our blue batiks! We wanted to be ready!!! We would love to hear from y’all, so please add your comments to our blog. I’ll be adding things on a semi-regular basis to let you know what is new in our world. –Patti
