Originally Posted by
collady
My grandmother always starched her fabric with liquid starch. She had a cloth bag that she would put the wet, starched fabric in and then placed it in her icebox. She would leave it there for several hours and then iron. She said the cold made the starch stick to the fabric and not flake when she ironed. I have never tried that, but this thread reminded me and I just might.
This made me smile, it was the way I was taught to treat real linen when preparing to iron. Back when men wore true linen suits, the icebox was often filled with clothes at my grandmother's house. I love the smell of Niagara non aerosol starch but it doe not stiffen just irons out hard seams. I will definitely try the liquid starch approach next time I get a limp fat quarter set.