Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Starch and press BEFORE you cut. I never prewash, I have seen some fabrics shrink as I am spraying them with starch! I always starch before cutting for this exact reason. Wasting expensive fabric!
Same here. If I'm going to starch, I starch *before* I cut. I also don't prewash unless a fabric fails a colorfast test. Quilting will stop fabrics from shrinking all wonkie after they are in the quilt. Before quilting, there's nothing to stop fabric shrinkage except starch (and, of course, pre-washing).