heres a weird question
06-24-2010, 04:48 AM
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you can make your own starch with just cornstarch & water. Go to ehow.com and do a search. I have the info taped inside a cabinet in my laundry room. It's easy & quick using the microwave.
06-24-2010, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
It's spray starch and isn't all that great. You can go ahead and use it. I'd use it on the underneath side because sometimes it will get flaky on you. Because it's the light formula it won't get the crispness that you may be wanting. Personally I like Mary Ellen's Best Spray starch
Originally Posted by quiltaholic
Magic Sizing is actually better for your fabrics because it does not have the corn starch or flour in it that starch has. It's actually used by the manufacturing industry when fabric is made. This came from an article in one of the quilting magazines not long ago. I wish I could remember which one.
06-24-2010, 07:23 AM
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I'm with you...sort of. I do use spray sizing to prepare applique pieces for hand sewing but not for machine piecing. If I wanted to work with something as stiff as a board I would go into woodworking. And, right or wrong, it has been said for years that starch attracts bugs but sizing doesn't.
Originally Posted by cwessel47
What am I missing here? I have been quilting for 35 years and I have never used either product. Don't have a clue. Why would I want to use it? Crispness? I guess I just don't need it - which is "less expensive" (let's not say cheap around here) than the other choices.
06-24-2010, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
there is quite a difference between sizing and starch. i use both regularly; the sizing does not add 'crispness', the sizing adds body to a fabric most fabrics we buy have sizing added to it, that's what we wash out when we pre-wash our fabrics so you can put it back. starch adds the crispness, but if you do not want it 'crisp' use the sizing.
I like the sizing for a stabilizer and the starch for stiffness
06-24-2010, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mar32428
Originally Posted by ckcowl
there is quite a difference between sizing and starch. i use both regularly; the sizing does not add 'crispness', the sizing adds body to a fabric most fabrics we buy have sizing added to it, that's what we wash out when we pre-wash our fabrics so you can put it back. starch adds the crispness, but if you do not want it 'crisp' use the sizing.
I like the sizing for a stabilizer and the starch for stiffness
06-24-2010, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
It's spray starch and isn't all that great. You can go ahead and use it. I'd use it on the underneath side because sometimes it will get flaky on you. Because it's the light formula it won't get the crispness that you may be wanting. Personally I like Mary Ellen's Best Spray starch
06-24-2010, 04:35 PM
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Please explain why we wash our fabric to get the sizing out and then spray it back in. Only time I wash fabric is for clothes and then very seldom even then.
I like the sizing for a stabilizer and the starch for stiffness[/quote]
I don't wash to get the sizing out - I wash & dry in the machine to get the fading & shrinking done before I sew!
I like the sizing for a stabilizer and the starch for stiffness[/quote]
I don't wash to get the sizing out - I wash & dry in the machine to get the fading & shrinking done before I sew!
06-24-2010, 05:10 PM
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I have used Magic Sizing for years and still do in ironing clothes. They look like new then. But for quilting, I use starch. I let the fabric soak a while before ironing. Doesn't stick to the hot iron as quickly either.
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