Help pressing fabric
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Originally Posted by shaverg
Will starch make it harder to hand quilt? I have never starched before. I recently did a tablerunner with applique rings, had to starch.
#13
Thanks, Niagra is what I used. Haven't started the hand quilting yet.
I starch and Hand quilt have not had a problem. I use Niagra.
Originally Posted by Up North
Originally Posted by shaverg
Will starch make it harder to hand quilt? I have never starched before. I recently did a tablerunner with applique rings, had to starch.
#15
I use the cheapest spray starch... I find it really stiffens up the fabric, especially when I am working with bias edges and I really soak it good. I let it dry completely and never have trouble with it flaking or being a problem on my iron. I tried the liquid starch, and it was ok for giving the fabric body, but even mixing it 50%-50% it did not get as stiff.
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There is one quilter who always answers in the starch thread. For the life of me I can't figure out who she is.
She says she uses a paint brush and brushes the starch solution onto her fabric, the a couple minutes in the dryer, then she presses them out.
I, unfortunately, have never been able to do that for myself. I buy Sta-Flo. It's a blue bottle of liquid, concentrated starch. It's incredibly cheap compared to the spray starch and you can mix it yourself. I use a regular Dollar Tree spray bottle with measuring lines on it. I use a 1:1 solution. It's a 2 quart bottle so it makes at least 4 quarts of solution depending on how strong you want it. I used it on 8 quilts last year and didn't get low until I started this one for this year. It's a wonderful time saver, I love how it makes the fabric stiff. I find it's helps me cut more accurately and my seams fit together much better. Since I always wash my quilts after their quilted, and I don't store them forever, I never worry about bugs getting them or anything like that.
We were a one income house for a long time and I couldn't afford to get fabric when I wanted to notions or pattern books or anything like that. That starch is VERY economic.
She says she uses a paint brush and brushes the starch solution onto her fabric, the a couple minutes in the dryer, then she presses them out.
I, unfortunately, have never been able to do that for myself. I buy Sta-Flo. It's a blue bottle of liquid, concentrated starch. It's incredibly cheap compared to the spray starch and you can mix it yourself. I use a regular Dollar Tree spray bottle with measuring lines on it. I use a 1:1 solution. It's a 2 quart bottle so it makes at least 4 quarts of solution depending on how strong you want it. I used it on 8 quilts last year and didn't get low until I started this one for this year. It's a wonderful time saver, I love how it makes the fabric stiff. I find it's helps me cut more accurately and my seams fit together much better. Since I always wash my quilts after their quilted, and I don't store them forever, I never worry about bugs getting them or anything like that.
We were a one income house for a long time and I couldn't afford to get fabric when I wanted to notions or pattern books or anything like that. That starch is VERY economic.
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