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Old 06-01-2010, 07:14 AM
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Prism99
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Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
No matter how hard I try I keep getting puckers on the backside of my quilts when I quilt them. It there a magic solution I have yet to find?? Please help!!!!
3 words: starch, starch, starch! Starching the backing fabric stabilizes it. Heavy starching makes it almost impossible for the backing fabric to form a pucker.

Here's my method for heavily starching backing fabric (for machine quilting). Mix a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. "Paint" the solution on the fabric with a large wall-painting brush until fabric is saturated. Throw fabric in dryer. Iron with steam. The fabric comes out with about the stiffness of a piece of thin cardstock.

I use the same method when cutting bias strips.

Works great for me!
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