This makes me want to go starch/restarch everything in my studio!!!!! Thanks for the video-I love watching you girls-I bet you have a blast making these.

I appreciate the helpful video! Am at the start of learning about quilting and didn't want my fabric shrink unpredictably after I sew everything together. This preshrinking step is a common thing with teextiles, it's not inert like paper.

Thanks a lot for the tip, It works, is great!

I followed the instructions precisely and my beautiful Mackinaw Island layer cake and every piece shrunk.

Never starch after cutting! It WILL SHRINK quite a bit! Always before cutting fabric!

Do you starch batiks the same?

I want starched fabric but I'm worried about shrinkage. Also, what if you don't want to wait for those to dry, or don't have a place to hang those? Is there an option for spray and iron right away?

@FatQuarterShopTX

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Casual Crafter! I don't recommend it, the starch liquid might crust onto your iron.

Do you have a preference on starch brand? Do you do the same with large yardage pieces?

@FatQuarterShopTX

9 жыл бұрын

Vickie Graveline We prefer using Faultless Spray Starch which you can find at your grocery store or Walmart. We like to also spray starch our large yardage pieces but not quite to the extent that Lisa Bongean does. Thanks for your question!

Saturated with starch and piled together to dry like that, dye will run.

How can they breathe with all those chemicals?

@creativecompanion

5 жыл бұрын

Can't do it....so hard on the lungs and the earth!!!

So it pre-shrinks the fabric? May you explain why preshrunk fabric is important prior to sewing ? New quilter here.❤

@FatQuarterShopTX

Жыл бұрын

Hello Xris! Starching helps prevent fabric from fraying as much and it's easier to make more accurate cuts with starched fabric.

I would like also like to know if you wash the starch out of your quilts when you're finished. I know starch can attract creepy crawlies.

@FatQuarterShopTX

9 жыл бұрын

Linda Cejnar It depends on the quilt. Some we don't use and just hang up on the walls and if we do use the quilts we certainly wash them. We have never had issues with bugs although we have heard from several people saying they also had issues with bugs. We use Faultless spray starch and we haven't had any issues. Thanks for your question!

@ewan2734

7 жыл бұрын

Linda Cejnar bugs ? i am lost what bugs .i do live in UK so I am not following USA channels religiously .can somebody explain. However if we talk about sprays that could explain bugs ....colours of fabric can a tract them as well any chemicals what you use ...like deodoriser and iron on easy on etc. .... Some flying animals use colours some use sens of smell some follow additive used in many products to enhance small what definitywnie you will have in all this stay bottles.

Do you starch front and back or only the back?

@FatQuarterShopTX

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Joanne! Kimberly starches both the front and the back.

Where can you buy that iron?

@stephaniemcdonald1244

9 жыл бұрын

You can get the iron on Amazon. :)

Could Best Press spray work as well? Do you also use the starch for the backing??? That'd take a whole can lol!

@FatQuarterShopTX

9 жыл бұрын

Jessica Flores Certainly, Best Press is great too. We just prefer Faultless. You can certainly starch the backing. I don't find its needed however.

No thanks.. too much trouble. I do fine with the sizing in unwashed fabric.

Followed your advice and completely ruined an expensive layer cake. It went from a 10 inch square to a little less than 9 1/2 inches and completely warped. I learned the hard (and expensive) way. No thanks!

@FatQuarterShopTX

8 жыл бұрын

+hbmoore121 Thanks for watching our video. We love this technique because it essentially preshrinks your fabrics. Please contact us at kimberly@fatquartershop.com if you would like any further clarification or assistance in this matter.

@hbmoore121

8 жыл бұрын

+Fat Quarter Shop You are so correct. It completely preshrinks! .it .ruined my Layer Cake. Would love for you to repay me for the cost!

@FatQuarterShopTX

8 жыл бұрын

+hbmoore121 Please email Kimberly@FatQuarterShop.com

@hbmoore121

8 жыл бұрын

+Fat Quarter Shop Thank you Kimberly for your assistance with this. I appreciate your help.

@jocelyngerth9109

6 жыл бұрын

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