Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by mar32428
Is this stiff enuf to hold biases?
I mix Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch 1:1 with water, "paint" it onto my fabric using a large wall painting brush, toss the fabric in the dryer, and iron with steam. It comes out with about the stiffness of cardstock. It is *extremely* stable even for bias cuts. I use it this way on background fabric for machine applique also, and it is stiff enough that I do not need to use a stabilizer, even if I am doing satin stitch (no tunneling).
Some people spray it on; I don't know if it comes out as stiff that way.
Also, I'm not sure if there are other brands of starch on the market -- liquid or powdered -- so I'm not sure how other brands might work.
i use sta-flo also, but i never thought of brushing it on. i use a purchased spray bottle. when i spray, i get spray all over the floor. then when i walk around, the tacky spray turns black from the bottoms of my shoes. lovely.
when you remove it from the dryer, is it still damp, or totally dry? doesn't it have wrinkles set in all over it that are hard to iron out?