How to Starch Fabric! Mary Ellen's Best Press TUTORIAL with Erica Arndt
Today Erica teaches you her favorite way to starch fabrics, and her favorite starch - Best Press! She'll give you her tips and tricks for getting a perfect quilt finish every time.
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Erica Arndt
Erica is a blogger, author, quilter, knitter, and maker of all the things! She is perhaps most well known for her homeschooling website, Confessions of a Homeschooler where she share homeschooling tips, curriculum, and organizational ideas, in addition to her quilting patterns and videos. She loves creating weekly video tutorials to share helpful tips, tricks, tutorials, fun projects, and inspiration for sewing and quilting.
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What is covered in How to Starch Fabric! Mary Ellen's Best Press TUTORIAL with Erica Arndt?
Today Erica teaches you her favorite way to starch fabrics, and her favorite starch - Best Press! She'll give you her tips and tricks for getting a perfect quilt finish every time.
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The tutorial video is 00:08:30.
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Video Transcript
Choose your fabric: Starching is best done with natural fibers such as cotton or linen, as they tend to hold starch well.
Pre-wash fabric: It's important to pre-wash your fabric before starching it. You want to be sure that if your fabric is going to shrink or bleed you get that out of the way ahead of time!
Spray fabric: Gently spray fabric in a well ventilated area. It's not necessary to drench the fabric, but give it a good misting.
Dry fabric: Hang the fabric up to dry or lay it flat on a clean surface. You can also iron the fabric while it is still damp to help it dry and set the starch. You'll just want to avoid using steam.
It's important to note that starched fabric can be stiffer and more difficult to work with than untreated fabric, so it's important to test a small piece of fabric first to ensure that the level of stiffness is right for your project.
