Vodka is also a great antiseptic and insect deterrent....they don't like Vodka. I'll have to try this recipe.
Blessings,
MaryAnna

Even my grocery stores sell it - Stay Flo... plastic bottle.

I posted a topic here about making your own...http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-158141-1.htm

be sure to read the posts in this...and you can do a search at the top of this page and find many more topics on starch and how to make/use your own which is really easy and cheaper than buying!

Thanks everyone.... I've tried the local target, but.... did I ask an older woman (no she was young), and did I check out the bottom shelf don't remember). We don't have a Walmart, but I will check out different groceries.

<--- also sees it at Walmart in the big plastic jug in the same area as the detergents, but on the bottom shelf.

for starch, i absolutely use ellens best press, love the scents and doesnt flake like starch does, i also like to use a product called sizing, as it doesnt flake like starch does either. and in the chat room i found out if you use 1 cup of (cheap) vodka and 1 cup of water, its supposed to be starch too, your choice, good luck
katz

I've never heard of putting clothes in the refridge. I've never used liquid starch before either. Whats the difference with that and regular spray? Also how do you put liquid spray on what your ironing just use your fingers or paint brush?

Google "Sta-flo Liquid Starch." Several stores carry it . I get it a Wal-Mart. A word of advice; be sure you put what you mixed and not used in the fridge. It will sour and mold.

You use some and drink some. That way you won't have to rip out anything because you won't care if you make a mistake.

You can dilute the liquid starch and put it in your own spray bottle. Purchased spray starches are limited in their strength. With Sta-Flo you can mix it 1:1 with water to make a heavy starch (which I paint onto yardage with a large wall painting brush), or dilute it to make a spray starch.

walmart, bottom shelf and my grocery store, bottom shelf

In my area, the smaller, ready-to-go spray bottles are on the top shelf, but the large gallon jug is on the bottom shelf.

All of the people/places/websites/professional quilters I've ever read/watched on tv/took classes from/etc have said not to store starched fabric. They didn't specify home-made, and almost all of them were using a commercial product, so the insinuation was regarding ALL starches. If you're going to use the fabrics within a month or two, and will be washing your finished project, I'd say you're okay. But if you're going to use it in a wall hanging that you're not planning on washing, you might want to wash the fabrics again and use sizing, instead.

This sort of makes sense when the vodka is wet, but does it hold true for after the alcohol and water has evaporated?

jo anns, handcock fabrics, hobby lobby and walmart sell it here

I googled average humidity levels for your area. I would not store fabric that has been starched where you live.

If you haven't been given the link already, do a search on this board for the starch recipe. There have threads about this just last month.

Cannot be found in Canada!

In Canada your only option seems to be to mix up your own starch using a powdered starch.

Diane Gaudynski's (master machine quilter) information for making starch:

"Try my recipe for spray starch for all your pressing/piecing needs. Remember, you can adjust any of these amounts to suit your own needs, and also don't keep this for more than two weeks max. I make up a batch when I need it, then dump it out when I'm finished. It produces a super flat stable quilt: Dissolve half a teaspoon (or one teaspoon for a stiffer starch) of regular Argo cornstarch (in your cupboard probably) in a few tablespoons of cold water in a heat proof 2-cup measuring pitcher like Pyrex. Add boiling water to make one cup, stirring constantly. Then add cold water to the 2 cup line. Let cool and use in a pump spray bottle. Shake it every time you spray. You may have to dilute it a little if it is too thick or builds up white flakes. Lasts a week or so as there are no preservatives, no chemicals, no nothing that harms us or the environment, and it’s practically free, except for the spray bottle! Don't starch fabrics for storage as it will attract critters such as centipedes, and mice."

Thanks for the info. Lots of good info here. :thumbup:

Thanks, Sadiemae & Peckish. They are all together, so at least I won't have to search for them before I can re-wash.

I found this one here about a month ago and made it. Works great/ recipe follows;

1/4 up of corn statch
1/2 c of watrer

add a qt. of boiling water
and mix

I found some in both Walmart, and local grocer. Not with laundry detergent or softner, look where color blockers, some ritz...you will probably find it there

Wal-Mart has it.

There is a sight called TIPNUT.COM it has about every homemade cleaner and soaps ex you could want.Very neet sight.

Linit starch is excellent! I brought three huge bottles off amazon for less than $20. Hubby loves it on his uniforms too.

Look for STA Flo Starch it only comes in a half gallon size .
Walmart carries it and it is on the top shelf in our store.
If you don't have walmart check other Grocery stores or try Dollar store.
Good Luck.

Guess only us "old people" know about liquid starch. It is in a blue plastic bottle...there is a quart bottle and a half gallon. STA-FLO is the name of it. You will find it in the laundry soap aisle of the grocery store....I can also get it at Walmart. I mix a little in a spray bottle. I also LOVE Mary Ellen's Best Press...that is a little more expensive, but also very, very nice to pres with and iron your clothes with it too.

opps......hit it twice.

I just finished using a spray bottle of Sta-Flo that I mixed up last winter. It wasn't moldy and it hadn't even gummed up the spray bottle! No, it was not in the refrigerator and we had an unusually hot summer here.

You can keep in 'fridge for a bit, but they will sour.
This is for the starch made from the box product. Sta-Flo will keep longer, it's pasturized.

Check this out from www.staflo.com

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Back in the day when people ironed. we would spray water on our clothes, sheets etc. and roll them up and put them in the fridge until we ironed them. Oh so long ago. Now I only iron when I am quilting. :)

They also have it at Shop Rite, the Linit brand.

I got mine at Smart and Final!

Shoprite with the spray starch

I found some of the 'old timey' Argo (sp?) starch that was used 'eons' ago in a small Mom and Pop type grocery store.