Step 2

Use a pencil and trace the design onto the fabric.

- Natural or vegetable fiber fabrics, such as cotton, linen and silk, are the ones to use for batik for it can absorb the wax that is applied in the painting process

- Silk is one of the best fabrics for batik - the finer the woven the better. A finer waxed line can be drawn on silk than on any other fabric.

- Cotton is also preferred because they feel that the sheen of silk obscures the pattern.

- In general, with coarse spun fabric, more wax is absorb and thus makes it difficult to create fine sweeping line.