Originally Posted by butterflywing
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?
I just let it get totally dry. It doesn't seem overly wrinkled to me, and I've never had any problem ironing wrinkles out. The only time I had problems ironing wrinkles out was years ago, when I used to prewash my fabric -- alway came out a tangled mess.
When I starch, I'm usually just starching one piece of yardage at a time -- background fabric for machine applique, for example, or fabric to be cut into bias binding. Maybe that helps?
I don't use this method for the fabrics I am going to piece together unless it is a flannel quilt or something odd that is going to have a lot of bias edges. For regular piecing, I just don't pre-wash my fabrics. They have enough stiffener in them already for accurate piecing. If I did want more stability in this kind of fabric, I would spray a little starch on.