Edyta Sitar combines them and the results are amazing. I have used both in scrap quilts and also used the HSTs from the batik and the SOTT exchange in the same quilts.

Has anyone ever combined batik fabrics with regular quilting cotton fabrics in the same quilt? I'm having trouble finding the colors I want just in quilting cotton fabrics, but I didn't think combining batiks with them would give a very pleasing result. Not have done this, I might be wrong! I can think of a couple of reasons I might not want to do this...ease of hand quilting, differences in weight or shrinkage. If anyone has any advice to share, I'd appreciate hearing it!