Originally Posted by mayday
Am sorry to come in with a query slightly off the mark -----when you starch does this not make the starched/ironed fabric more likely to crease badly when being handled for quilting -------especially hand quilting.
No.
For hand quilting, you probably wouldn't bother to starch the backing fabric. The main reason for starching the backing fabric heavily is to prevent puckers when machine quilting.
Light starching is all that most people do when piecing tops, as it helps keep the piecing more accurate.
Starched fabric really does not crease any more than unstarched fabric does -- maybe less. The starch breaks down a little as fabric is handled.