Batik design style fabrics have been around for years and were a popular pattern for clothes in the 70s. As with most craft trends, this one is coming back around again and batik print fabrics are ...

Eleanor Kuhns' love for batik is actually wrapped in a quilt. Kuhns, a quilter, is always in search of the perfect shade of a color, so she started dyeing her own fabric. Batik (bah-TEEK') uses melted ...

An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy. Residents of Jenggot, near the town of ...

Learn the art of Batik in this 2 1/2 hour workshop. Batik, originating from Java, Indonesia, is a technique of wax-resist dyeing. The name stems from the Javanese word tik, meaning to dot. The process ...

Decked in batik blouses and sarongs, four teenage girls stride down a fashion show catwalk, seemingly straight out of a village in this Southeast Asian country. Statuesque models follow in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Precision and patience: Painting batik patterns on fabrics requires precision and patience, using ink made of hot liquid wax.

An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy. Residents of Jenggot, near the town of ...