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WIP Wednesday #110: Irons, Quilting, Starch & Needle Positions from Crafty Gemini

In this episode of WIP Wednesday Vanessa is answering your pre-submitted questions on her favorite iron, quilting bag panels, starch and sewing machine needle positions. Lots of tips & tricks will be shared so don’t miss it!

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added by Vanessa Vargas Wilson 1 year ago. under irons , sewing (general) , sewing videos , starch , wip wednesday (Comments)

Product Review: Magic Quilting & Crafting Spray from The Crafty Quilter

Do you use starch to prepare your fabrics for cutting and piecing? I always do because it gives stability to my fabric and more accuracy during cutting and piecing. Today, I have an exciting new product to tell you about, so I thought I would give a product review of Magic Quilting & Crafting Spray. This is not a sponsored blog post, but any Amazon links are affiliate links.

Product Review of Magic Quilting & Crafting Spray @ The Crafty Quilter

I’ve been using Best Press for years and I’ve been fairly happy with it, but I always knew that something better would come along. And it has! I really like ...

added by Julie Cefalu 3 years ago. under magic quilting & crafting spray , product review , starch , tips , uncategorized (Comments)

Starch and Stay at Home Day3 from Stitchin at Home

Are you getting used to our new normal? Stay at Home! Are you using your time to sew? Besides getting in some sewing I've also been cleaning up my flower beds. I have some closets that could use a good cleaning too, but they seem a little daunting right now. Oh well they'll still be calling my name a week from now, and if I keep the doors closed I won't hear them right?

Have you tried homemade spray starch? I was out of starch and thus began the google hunt and experiments for homemade starch.

I ...

added by Stitchin At Home 4 years, 8 months ago. under sale , starch , stay at home hop

Flat Out Fabulous – Starch Recipe and Wool Pressing Mat from Cookie's Creek

One of the things quilters strive for are flat seams – crisp, sharp and flat! No icky starchy flakes, no wrinkles, no stretched out fabric. Flat out fabulous! A couple tricks of the trade are a good starch and a wool pressing mat.

One of my favorite starches comes from a recipe in our 2012 Trinity Valley Quilters’ Guild cookbook. Here are the ingredients:

I keep the recipe on a rather large spray bottle so I don’t have to go looking for it:

Now, the vodka should be cheap, but I don’t buy cheap vodka, so I use what ...

added by cookie 6 years, 2 months ago. under quilting , starch , wool pressing mat (Comments)

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