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Batik Fabric

Our Batik fabric selection of fabulous, rich, sumptuous batiks and hand dyes from leading manufacturers is one of the best collections in the UK. Sample our batik material range with our popular Cotton Patch batik charm packs as they contain lots of different styles and colourways in a handy 5" square pack. Batik fabrics by the metre or as pre cut packs. See all our patchwork quilting fabrics by the metre here.

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Beautiful vivid colours, fascinating designs from top manufacturers such as Hoffman, Robert Kaufman, Timeless Treasures and Wilmington that are almost exclusively printed in Indonesia.
Sent out three times a year is a pack of 20 fabrics cut to our 10" square Patchwork Palette format. These are usually posted in March, July and November

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What are Batik Fabrics?

What is a batik fabric? Image shows part of the batik process, courtesy of Hoffman California Fabrics

The term Batik is a Javanese word and is derived from amba ('to write') and titik ('dot'). The batik process refers to a dye technique using a wax resist. Wax designs are drawn on the fabric and then it is soaked in a particular colour with the wax resisting the dye. Boiling water is then applied to remove the wax and another design can be applied and then dyed again if multiple colours are required. Although Batik fabrics are most associated with Java, other Indonesian islands also produce Batiks. The resist used in the Batik design process can be made from wax, oil, parafin, resin, rice paste, bean paste or even mud.

Batik fabrics from Hoffman
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