Do you use starch?
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Do you use starch?
I was watching a YouTube video and the quilt maker was going on about starching her blocks, and how she only uses high-quality, non flaking starch. I'm pretty sure my local store only sells Niagara.
So, do you use starch and if so, what kind and where do you get it?
Thanks,
Karen
So, do you use starch and if so, what kind and where do you get it?
Thanks,
Karen
#3
I starch a lot also .
I use Easy On Starch . Always have a couple cans here.
Tried A high end starch from the quilt store $23 a bottle not worth it as far as i,m concerned .
I starch then let it dry and then iron it.
Tom
I use Easy On Starch . Always have a couple cans here.
Tried A high end starch from the quilt store $23 a bottle not worth it as far as i,m concerned .
I starch then let it dry and then iron it.
Tom
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Starch is starch, there is no high quality or low quality. How much the starch is diluted is the key. I like Niagara. I use Sta Flo when I want very stiff. The stronger the starch the more flakes there will be. I use fabric ironing sprays like Best Press and Flatter which aren't starch, when I want a light fresh finish.
I buy starch at the grocery store or Walmart. I keep a gallon of Sta Flo in the laundry room.
I buy starch at the grocery store or Walmart. I keep a gallon of Sta Flo in the laundry room.
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I always use starch when doing any piecing with a bias cut, like HST. I starch my yardage before I cut. My local store carries StaFlo in half gallons, so that's what I use. I dilute it 50/50 and dip starch. As mentioned, you need to give the fabric time to absorb the starch, so I put the dampened fabric in a plastic bag for a half hour or so. If I get side tracked & won't get to it in a half hour, I stick the bag in the refrigerator.
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I think if you get bugs because of starch then they were there to begin with and came to the starch, so you see them all in the starch items not dispersed throughout the house. So don't blame the starch. Mostly silverfish is what I've seen around starch items, if fabric is in a humid environment.
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