Originally Posted by Sallyflymi
I have read somewhere if you starch the back side of the material the flakes won't show and the piece is nicely starch. You can make your own starch by using cornstarch. Just corn starch and water. Using that for applique i am doing. Then wash out as it becomes food for insects.
Insects love starch as well, which is why some people use sizing instead. Regardless, wash when you are finished.