Help! Sage Advice Needed...
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: East Kootenays, BC
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You sound a bit frustrated ..... this is definitely a time to be using Best Press!!
My avatar quilt is much the same pattern.
I made it before I knew the merits of Best Press (or even starch), and had few problems.
However, I did learn the merits of good pressing practices during the preparatory stages
and at every step along the way.
You have a beautiful quilt in the works and that alone will be worth keeping at it!
My avatar quilt is much the same pattern.
I made it before I knew the merits of Best Press (or even starch), and had few problems.
However, I did learn the merits of good pressing practices during the preparatory stages
and at every step along the way.
You have a beautiful quilt in the works and that alone will be worth keeping at it!
Thank you! I used Faultless spray starch on the jelly roll strips before using them and I am extremely careful when I press these blocks due to the bias edges. I was just mentioning them as a point of interest or consideration needing extra care and time when piecing. I also have and use Best Press, but find if I really want stability, spray starch is a stronger choice for me. Thank you for your support/encouragement.
#32
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I have never heard of Faultless ... we can't get spray starch here any more.
I agree Best Press does not give as much stability as a full on starch.
Some of the LQS' now carry "Flatter" instead of Best Press.
I have tried it, but IMHO it has nothing in it ... I might as well just use a water spritzer.
Your starch should have things nailed down pretty good for you.
.... plus will have any fraying stopped flat!!
It will make for a nice clean back.
I agree Best Press does not give as much stability as a full on starch.
Some of the LQS' now carry "Flatter" instead of Best Press.
I have tried it, but IMHO it has nothing in it ... I might as well just use a water spritzer.
Your starch should have things nailed down pretty good for you.
.... plus will have any fraying stopped flat!!
It will make for a nice clean back.
#33
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: East Kootenays, BC
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I have never heard of Faultless ... we can't get spray starch here any more.
I agree Best Press does not give as much stability as a full on starch.
Some of the LQS' now carry "Flatter" instead of Best Press.
I have tried it, but IMHO it has nothing in it ... I might as well just use a water spritzer.
Your starch should have things nailed down pretty good for you.
.... plus will have any fraying stopped flat!!
It will make for a nice clean back.
I agree Best Press does not give as much stability as a full on starch.
Some of the LQS' now carry "Flatter" instead of Best Press.
I have tried it, but IMHO it has nothing in it ... I might as well just use a water spritzer.
Your starch should have things nailed down pretty good for you.
.... plus will have any fraying stopped flat!!
It will make for a nice clean back.
#34
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,827
I solved the Colour Catcher problem and buy Dr. Beckmann's.
I can get them here in Metro and Sobeys. Not sure whether you can. Or not?
Though I do stockpile them, for fear that they will disappear at some point too!!
#35
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Central, NC
Posts: 2,741
Whatever you have been doing, in the end it has been well worth it .... well, I did not have to do any of the work so maybe it's not fair of me to say that. lol However, the quilt is so lovely that when it is all over, you will have made a most beautiful quilt due in part to the fabrics/colors used and in your pursuit of making it as best you can. Figuring out what works for you in this design and what doesn't is a real education I suppose. So glad I have continued to follow along and learned a bit or two (or three, four, etc.) from your experiences. In the end it will be fabulous!
#36
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
Another place for a really good spray bottle is at your beauty salon. It sprays mist, not drops.
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