I've always been a bit nervous of batiks, people make such beautiful quilts with them but when I see the fabrics in the flesh they always look a but dull. Ages ago I bought a layer cake of batiks (Moda Bonfire) and it's been lurking in a box. I've decided to do something with it.
I think it was Iminei who said on another thread that she doesn't find random easy, well, neither do I so I am waaaay out of my comfort zone here as the layer cake was made up from 40 different fabrics. I've done a 12" block that uses 2 of the 10" squares. It's a dead simple one as there are absolutely no seams to match up though I didn't realise that before I started.
I stuck with the greens, blues and purples which the majority of the fabrics were so I think they look ok. The blocks are going to be divided by a 1" sashing strip and I'm debating whether to use a dark purple square where the sashings cross or push the boat out and use a red or orange.