I love the Dr. Who motto. The quilt is turning out great.
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For those of you who starch help? I feel like some of my squares would be better if I used starch. Do you starch the whole piece of fabric you get in the boom? How do you decide when to starch?
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I use spray sizing (like starch found next to the starch) on everything. When I'm pressing the fabric prior to cutting, when I am assembling pieces especially if any bias edge will be handled, after block is assembled and gets it's final press and any time in between I think it needs it.
Originally Posted by mjpEncinitas
(Post 7940699)
For those of you who starch help? I feel like some of my squares would be better if I used starch. Do you starch the whole piece of fabric you get in the boom? How do you decide when to starch?
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What's the difference between sizing and starch? Why sizing?
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Starch and sizing are made differently. Starch stiffens fabric, and sizing makes fabric easier to work with, it gives it body. I almost always use sizing. Makes pressing and ironing easier.
Originally Posted by mjpEncinitas
(Post 7940908)
What's the difference between sizing and starch? Why sizing?
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I have found I prefer starch over sizing and it’s much less expensive. I starch the entire piece of fabric I receive and the fabric that will be used in the block. As a rule I don’t starch after that. Read where it could shrink fabric in a block. No idea if that is true but scared me into not trying it.
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Never thought to starch or 'size' fabric before piecing. Today I am using a charm pack of plaids that one of the ladies in our group cut, with which each of us is to make a men's charity quilt. Some of the plaids are pretty solid, but many are that awful loose weave homespun. I could have really used some starch on those pieces! I'm making half square triangles. This is one of those 'grit your teeth and get it done' quilts, LOL!
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Janice, do we have any kind of time frame for when the next Boom will be? And can we hang out here and chat til then? I love our group and our camaraderie.
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Sewbiz I detest working with homespuns, when ever I get any in variety packs they go straight to my sister.
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Kassaundra, that's one of the coolest quilts I've ever seen.
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