Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
I never heard of starching fabric before cutting. Tell me why, please?? I love any tips that save me time or problems :D
The starch adds body to the fabric and when you use the rulers to rotary cut the strips or pieces, you have more control and less stretch in the cut. (Some people prefer sizing to starch)
Starched pieces also retain more body during the piecing process and they seem to behave better under the feed dogs.
A downfall is that starch and sizing may attract silverfish and other bugs which would not be a problem in a tightly controlled container. Another is that starched pieces retain creases more and are harder to iron out (that is my experience at least).