Starching Again
 

I’ve recently started starching my fabric before beginning a new project. It’s just wonderful! I put the yardage in half Sta-Flo, half water, wring it out, let dry, and iron. I love the ease it brings to my quilting!

I’d rather not use spray starch because I feel immersing the fabric gives it better coverage. However, I wring out the excess starch before drying and this makes the fabric very wrinkled - so much so that I can’t iron it out.

is there a better way? TY

I don’t know. Dunking the fabric in a starch solution sounds like a lot of starch. I used to make up a starch with boiling water and cornstarch. 2 cups water to 1 teaspoon cornstarch? It had a few different options. Light, medium and heavy starch. I used this technique for years. Now I’m happy to just iron with a little steam. Always have used the Rowenta iron. I do have a water spritzer bottle I used. It’s the one the hairdressers use.

I also do full immersion of my fabric to starch. I put it in the washing machine spin cycle (no water) to remove excess liquid, then hang the fabric and press while still slightly damp. If I can't press it before it fully dries, I slightly mist with water before pressing.

I use spray starch and spray the fabric wet. I have a full bath in my sewing room and never use the shower so that is where I spray it and let it dry on a laundry rack in the shower. It never gets too wrinkly. It's getting hard to find real spray starch, it's all fabric spray now.

I use to use spray sizing. Got tired of the gunky iron. I never use starch just spray with a spray bottle, iron removes any and all wrinkles.

When I want a heavy starch I do like indycat: immerse, then use the spin cycle of the washing machine to remove excess.

i also like to starch my fabric before starting a project or cutting. When my fabric gets wrinkly from starch, I just steam iron it. It's usually a big enough piece that I don't mind steaming it before cutting. Sometimes it will remove all the wrinkles, sometimes a lot of them.

When I'm ready to iron my fabric after starching, I simply use a spray bottle of water and spray, works great, if a wrinkle won't come out, simply spray again, at least this is what works for me.

I spray starch most of my fabrics and put it on a drying rack until it is completely dry (usually takes over night) and then iron it. It works best this way for me.