Originally Posted by
CindyA
Someone recommended using starch since so much of this is going to be on the bias. I think that's a good idea, but I don't often use starch. I have light body Magic Sizing. I like the product but I made a big ol' mess when spraying. It got all over my cutting board and all over the kitchen. At what point in the process do you use your starch? I pressed my yardage, then starched and allowed to dry, then pressed again, then cut.
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I prewash my fabrics (hot rinse in sink, wring, fling in dryer), fold them neatly and when I need that fabric I unfold about 1/2 yard, cut it off and then spray starch from the back side. Starch is just corn starch and water and some kind of ingredient to keep it mixed up. So when it dries what hits the floor pretty much just vacuums up, at least in my experience. If I know I'm going to cut bias I give it a second go over.
When I did the big plain triangles for my Dear Jane quilt I starched the fabric to nearly paper firm, worked like a charm for keeping those enormous bias sides in shape for attaching to the pieced triangles.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it
I got another 16 units made this morning. Slow but sure! I think this mystery is going to be one of the prettiest yet.