Originally Posted by newestnana
You are starching (and ironing) before cutting though, right? It keeps your cuts more accurate. I think if you starch after cutting you'd lose a lot of the benefit.
Nope. At least I haven't been. I stated using starch just recently and by that time I had a lot of strips for my Omigosh cut already, some sewn together then cut into 1" pieces. So I'm still in a state of ... some of the finished blocks have NO starch, some of the finished blocks have SOME starch, some of the finished blocks are completely starched - but NONE of it was starched before I cut. I'm about to start the shoo fly blocks soon and before I cut those strips/pieces I'll starch the fabric. Then I'll really be in love.
Some of you have mentioned that starching cut fabric then ironing distorts and possibly shrinks the cotton. Haven't had either problem. Perhaps it's only a problem for fabric that hasn't been pre-washed? I pre-wash all my fabric.