Starch Wonderful Starch for Scan N Cut

I wanted to write this for some of my Scan N Cut friends. I hope this helps.

Starch is a wonderful product to use for sewing. Starch is a great tool to use for quilt piecing so you don't stretch your quilt top while piecing. However, today we will talk about the basic idea of starch for beginner's. Starch is a paste like liquid to put into fabric to give you body or stiffness. Using starch for your Scan N Cut is very crucial step.

NOTE: To use starch the fabric MUST have natural fibers (cotton) in order to soak up the starch.

Spray your fabric lightly and evenly, let the starch soak in for a minute or two. Press fabric.  Repeat, The more layers you spray the more stable the fabric will become. You can also starch both sides of the fabric. Making the fabric extremely stiff is important for the Scan N Cut. Don't worry all the starch will wash out when laundered.


Once you feel that the fabric if stiff enough you are ready to place the fabric on your mat. Before you know it you will have a perfect cut.

 



 Starches that I use

I use Best Press for my everyday quilting but I use Faultless Heavy Starch for the Scan N Cut. The Best Press is awesome but a bit pricey so I use the less expensive Faultless since you have to use so much of it. Any good starch will work.

Happy Quilting