Yea HOO!!!! I got my gift card to day andI started to shop right after work. So this is what I started out with. Doing some more Friday morring.

Pretty fabrics! Have you used the Mary-Ellens before? I have never tried it but have considered it.

What is that Best Press stuff? I've seen it in shops, but I don't know what it's for. It looks, in the shops, like some are scented. Is this something you iron with?

You go girl! Whatcha gonna make? Love the soft colors! :lol:

I got a quilt class with my guild next month. We are making a rail fance star. No I have not used Mary Ellen's Best Press. But I been wanting to try it. It is spray starch. Lavender

Pretty fabs and Lavender spray starch should be fun to work with!

LOVING THE COLORS !!

I LOVE the Best Press stuff. I have 6 bottles here at home. :) I always buy several at a time.

Love your fabrics. I go for those colors.

Where do you buy the Best Fresh stuff? Ironing with lavender sounds heavenly :!:

I get it from Hancocks or Joanns or my local Bernina store.

Thanks Henry -- I never heard of it before. Guess I need to get out of my cave more often, huh??? :lol: :lol:

Does anyone know if the Best Press is fumy? I have a sensitivity to some chemicals, but would like to use spray starch on some projects.
p.s. My daughter's name is Mary Ellen :)

It is not fumy. On the contrary I find it better for my sensitivity than the spray starch my grandma used to use and that I tried using when I first got started quilting.

No problem :)

Oh, thanks! I'm going to try it if I can find it online.

Off subject- Henry- i love that Sunbonnet Sue block! I make a quilt with Sue and Sam .

Beautiful fabric. What is best press?

Thanks! :)

Check this out

http://www.maryellenproducts.com/sho...8&cat=6&page=1

Pretty fabric!

Ooh, so pretty!

Nice looking fabric. Please let us know how you like the Best Press. I've only heard of it, never seen it at the Hancock's or JoAnn's that I shop at.

Way to go.... I love the fabs

That sounds heavenly. I have to get some.

Oooohhhh! Purty! Love that Best Press stuff too!

littlehud wrote:

Beautiful fabric. What is best press?


Check this out

http://www.maryellenproducts.com/sho...8&cat=6&page=1

I've heard that bugs don't eat something that smells like lavender, so this product may eliminate tat problem with starch. I have to try it, too! I've never seen it at Jo Ann's, but that could be because I haven't been looking for it!

Love your fabrics Quilt.

For those who applique, I use Best Press for my freezer paper method because it makes a much softer press around the paper template and is easier to needle through. If you prefer a heavier starch and want the lavender smell, Faultless now makes a lavender spray starch as well. in Heavy but Magic Starch makes a Lavender one in regular strength and it is much less expensive that Mary Ellen's Best Press. Keep an eye out for it at your local grocers and at Wal-Mart and Target. I know I got mine at one of these places or maybe even several of these stores. I always keep plenty of starch and also sizing if I can find it in my house because I do lots of quilting and mostly applique.

Thanks for the informtion on Best Press. Will be on the look out for it! :lol:

Will you show us what you do with the new fabrics?

Lovely fabrics - I've got some of the one on the left - I'm using it in the pioneer BOM!

K x

OK -- what's the difference between "starch" and "sizing"?????

This starch is also supposed to be good for long term storage of fabric as the "bugs" who like to chew on fabric don't like the lavender scent.