Batik projects

Set a festive table with Batik Tribal place mats stenciled with Jacquard Discharge Paste. This is SUCH AND EASY and fun technique that you can use on DIY stenci…

Batik kit for beginners includes pre-waxed fabric, dye colors, and a paintbrush.

So, how to make a batik design on paper? The most popular methods are crayon batik art and glue batik art. They are great for starting your batik DIY projects.

Back in October I shared a post here on my Butterflies quilt and this week I was able to quilt it up and even get the binding on! The pattern is by Laundry Basket Quilts and I used batik fabrics from my stash. I think a lot of them were from the Paint Box Batiks and Over the Rainbow batiks collections. Once I had the blocks done I debated about appliqueing the butterflies down or just quilting them down. I know I would be happier if I did machine appliqued so took that extra time to do just…

I had fun last weekend making some little woven baskets out of 2-1/2" batik strips. These baskets are often made out of paper such as magazines, newspaper, maps, potato chip bags etc. but I wanted to use fabric. I used...

Batik is a resist method of fabric dyeing that uses wax . . . I did a lot of traditional batik back in the early 90's. It's a lot of fun,...

Think batik looks like a cool art form but have no idea how to do it? Sign up for this free batik tutorial and learn all the ins and outs of DIY batik. In this course you will learn how to dye using batik to create cool and interesting fabric projects at home.

India is known to be one of the earliest major center for cultivation and application of the indigo plant. Indigo is extracted from the leaves of the indigo tinctoria plant through a long fermentation process and turned into pigment powder. Batik printing is a printing process that utilizes wax to resist color dye on specific areas of the fabric to reveal beautiful, intricate pattern. After the wax resist is applied, the fabric is then dyed with natural plant based pigment. For Spring…