Hello:
I have been using spray starch when pressing some of my blocks in order to make them more crisp and help prevent any stretching of the cut edges.

I also want to try the starch method for hand applique.

Can anyone tell me whether there is a difference between spray SIZING and spray STARCH and whether one or the other is preferred? A friend thought that starch might attract insects if a quilt was folded and stored and if it still had starch on it.

So . . . . . would like to know which you use and why.

Thank you for any thoughts on this.
Wendy

as an addition to this, I'm also curious about the starch that comes in a spray can, versus the liquid that comes in a squirt bottle... any insight would be appriciated.

thanks!!!

A great article by Diane Gaudynski here on Starch.

http://dianegaudynski.blogspot.com/2010/02/starch.html

Great article thanks for posting.

Thanks for the link, Gail. She really explains a lot of things I had questioned. I think starch is stiffer than just sizing.

I have always used the Magic Sizing that I get at Dollar Tree. Now all they sell is the Starch. I don't like how stiff the starch makes the fabric, although I guess that is the point of using it. Bring back the Magic Sizing, please.
Wendy B

I got magic Sizing at WalMart for .89 a can . Have you checked at your WalMart ?

Thanks Sharon. Our WalMart is quite a distance away but I will be over there soon. Down to my last can of Magic Sizing and I just don't like the starch as much at all.
Wendy B

I use the magic sizing too.