Originally Posted by lovequiltedstars
I heard some of you use starch to stiffen your fabrics so they don't move as much while cutting and sewing. Have you ever had your fabric shrink while ironing it?
I put together several blocks and started ironing them only to find out that one color had shrunk!!!! I don't have anymore of that material to make more blocks. Am I doing something wrong? I made sure that the iron wasn't too hot, and that I did not iron too long. I don't know what to do. HELP!!!!!!
Yep, it happened to me twice. Using some vintage fabric that my mom gave me. I ironed the first block and it went all out of shape. The fabric was vintage and had very little extra for errors. I turned the iron down and was very careful. I now iron before I piece.