Starching and soft/flimsy fabric
I found the perfectly printed fabric to add to my Blooming 9-patch quilt top....BUT....it is so soft and flimsy that even trying to starch with spray starch is next to impossible. It moves and ripples and behaves horribly. I am currently out of liquid starch (can't find anymore at WalMart). So I have this idea and am wondering if it might work...what if I hang it over the shower curtain rod and spray it with spray starch until very wet...then let it dry. After it is dry, I was hoping that it would be stiff enough to handle and I could press it into submission! And no, replacing the fabric isn't an option at this point as it goes in the middle and the remaining outer fabrics are based off of the previous one, very difficult to find large flowery prints that fit the bill. I just want to know if spray starching and air drying will achieve some degree of stiffness.