Had to look it up
One Piece at a Time is Erin Russek:
http://www.erinrussek.typepad.com/
She's got a very good tutorial for the starch method of preparing applique pieces that I always send people to:
http://erinrussek.typepad.com/one-pi...lique-lessons/ There are a couple of sections about starching, but the whole page is packed full of good info.