Name: Deborah

Message: Where does a person find the fabric used by companies such as Hoffman for batik dyeing?

Look for Hoffman cotton lawn 1377. The number should be on the end of the bolt, if you can find it in a local store. This is an extremely popular material for dyeing with fiber reactive dyes, especially for low water immersion dyeing. There are also many online sources in the US for this fabric. You can find it among the offerings of most suppliers of brand-name PFD ("Prepared For Dyeing") fabric.

eQuilter.com calls this fabric Hoffman's Dyers Cloth, product ID HOGREGDS, and says that it is the exact same cloth Hoffman uses in Bali to make their batiks. They also have a good selection of other dyeable white fabrics, prepared for dyeing (PFD).

Hana Lima Hand Dyes is another online source of good PFD fabrics for quilters to dye, including Hoffman PFD and the various PFD fabrics used by hand dyers such as Lunn Studios, E E Schenck, and Ricky Tims.

Other online sources for Hoffman Cotton Lawn PFD include Fiber on a Whim, Some Art Fabric, Mamaw's Handdyes, Dollmakers Ink, and Phil Beaver's Quilters Merchandise.

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