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    Old 04-02-2011, 05:18 AM
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    i have just finished a wall hanging 24" x 35"...i wonder if i should spray starch and press? i want this to look like a flat picture rather than a 'quilt on the wall'..should i??? thanks for response (s)...
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    Old 04-02-2011, 05:28 AM
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    I would never do that, but I'll wait and see how others respond. I especially wouldn't use spray starch on it.
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    Old 04-02-2011, 05:35 AM
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    I don't really know how you can make it look like a picture since you quilted it, which gives it dimension.
    I definitely wouldn't starch it but I don't have any other ideas, sorry!!!
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    Old 04-02-2011, 05:37 AM
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    Spray starch will give the bugs a chance to eat your quilt--learned that the HARD way!
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    I agree, no starch.
    But I *have* pressed a quilt that I wanted to have lie flat against the wall.

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    Old 04-02-2011, 10:25 AM
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    I press everything when I'm finished with it, but I don't press down hard on the iron.
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