Banyan Shadows in Red is a 100% cotton batik from the Banyan Batiks Studio for Northcott. Shadows is a basics line with a soft, mottled texture that resembles marbled stone, and it comes in a long run of colors meant to work as tonal blenders or simple pops of color.
A red blender is one of the most useful fabrics in a stash. This one gives you red without the busyness of a print, so it holds its own next to florals, geometrics, and novelty batiks without fighting them. The mottling adds enough depth that large areas, such as borders or whole-cloth sections, don’t look flat.
Practical uses include binding, star points, sashing, Christmas and patriotic quilts, and the red accents in two-color designs. Pair it with Banyan Shadows in other colors for a scrappy quilt with a consistent texture, or with Hexies when you want a geometric companion.
Reds are among the colors most likely to release dye, so prewash this fabric or use a color catcher before pairing it with whites and creams.
