Originally Posted by
Steady Stiching
Sharon Shamber suggests in one of her videos to spray the back of the fabric and lay that side down against the ironing board and then press the top side, she says this forces the starch into the fabric. I think she's right because it seems when i try and iron the starched side up i get more flaking.
I agree. I've been spraying the whole piece (usually a yard or more as it's draped over my ironing board), then bringing the bottom up to the top, and flattening with my hands just to get the starch absorbed into the fabric. Then I unfold it, flip it over, and press till dry. I get nice results this way.
Before, I was spraying, and immediately pressing the same side, which caused a LOT of flaking (wasted starch not absorbed into the fabric), and the results weren't as good.