Question from a newbie
#61
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: League City, Texas
Posts: 504
I starch because of the extra body and accuracy in cutting. I don't hand quilt but I don't think it would be difficult at all. It's not that stiff and you could get the quilt in the frame easier and no pleates. You could try a small piece and see how it works for you.
Originally Posted by Jeanne Fauss
Is this starching mainly for machine quilting? I would think that it would make hand quilting harder. I hand quilt an d have never starched....thinking that.
#62
Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
I starch before only if I feel the fabric needs it. I do not wash my fabric when so many quilters do. Knock on wood, I have never had a problem. I do test suspicious fabrics. GOOD LUCK !!! :)
#64
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,265
I agree - for very fussy-pieced projects with curves or lots of bias, I start before. During the construction process, though, sometimes I run into PROBLEM PIECES (you know who you are!) that I have to starch into compliance.
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