What happens if I STARCH my fabric?

Подписаться 38 тыс.

Просмотров 7 тыс.

50% 1

Have you ever wondered ic starch or steam causes your fabric to shrink? Well, it does, and in this video I’m going to demonstrate the effects that steam, flatter, and best press all have on fabric by using a few pieces from the same charm pack and pressing with those pressing aids. Join me in this video to see just how much shrinkage we have, and which of those pressing aids at the most body.
💻Links to things I mentioned in the Video:
❓What do I use? (in alphabetical order)
➝ Comic book boards: amzn.to/3OvupCt
➝ Cordless iron: amzn.to/3zyoAA3
➝ Keychron Keyboard: amzn.to/3TZX3Sz
➝ Keychron Mouse: amzn.to/48zlbjv
➝ Microphone: amzn.to/3O1rN1X
➝ Mister bottle: amzn.to/40e1AkU
➝ Overhead & Machine cameras: amzn.to/3HfjBYd
➝ Project containers: amzn.to/3S42DAc
➝ Sewing cabinet: I use: Quilter’s Vision Sewing Cabinet
➝ Sewing machine: jukijunkies.co...
➝ Shelves: www.ikea.com/u...
➝ Starch pen: shrsl.com/408fy
➝ Wool mat: amzn.to/3z7WkD0
💌How to Find Me
➝ Website: www.sewbecca.com
➝ VIP Membership: www.sewbecca.c...
➝ Etsy Shop: sewbeccashop.e...
➝ Email: becca@sewbecca.com
➝ Mail: 12849 Galveston Ct. Box 401; Manassas, VA 20112
➝ Instagram: / sewbecca
➝ TikTok: / sewbecca
➝ Facebook Group: / sewbeccafriends
🛒Affiliate Links
➝ AccuQuilt: shrsl.com/3yahx
➝ Amazon: amzn.to/3QmU1WV
➝ Annie's Kit Clubs: shrsl.com/3yahr
➝ Connecting Threads: shrsl.com/3yahm
➝ Fat Quarter Shop: shrsl.com/3dzlu
➝ Juki Junkies: jukijunkies.co...
➝ Legit Kits: shrsl.com/3zjgb
➝ Missouri Star Quilt Co: glnk.io/mzmmj/...
➝ Sewing Machines Plus: shrsl.com/3yai0

Опубликовано:

29 сен 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 100

@connieking9873 3 месяца назад

I think this was one of the best videos. It gives us so much information. Love the visual. Thanks

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Thank you!!!

@maryequilter31 3 месяца назад

The Acorn products are truly game changers! If you think you have a flat seam, try this product on a flat seam and see the difference! Love it.

@cheryllittmann1670 3 месяца назад

So isn’t it better to starch before you cut?

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Yes!

@tearose3763 3 месяца назад

Loved your demonstration! I hope sewists learn to starch the bulk fabric before cutting. I have this pen..lol haven’t used it yet

@shelleyclark4759 3 месяца назад

Could be a difference in the fabric manufacturer as far as the amount of shrinkage. It would be interesting to see the same fabric with different sprays. Moisture definitely does cause shrinkage. So it’s a good demonstration to show that problem. Whether it is a full 1/8” or not, it still shrinks.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

This was the same fabric - it was all from the same charm pack from Moda.

@dorisdunn9845 3 месяца назад

I agree, I think the fabric color, collection should all be the same, but it’s a good idea.

@Joyti1517 3 месяца назад

Great demo and explanation Becca

@janeahrens572 Месяц назад

I have personally watched it shrink 1/4”-1/2” on the bolt! It also shrunk enough to scew a pattern by 1” in a series of 2-1/2” strips

@juliehertel21 3 месяца назад

Thank you much for this video! Great education experiment. Iwas told by a fabric manufacturer years ago that machine board winding tends to stretch the fabric, even if only slightly. So makes sense that moisture would let fabric return to less stretched state. I still like pre-washing (if precuts, I just hand wash lightly), then allowing air drying (for precuts or small yardage cuts), then starch and press. Yes, have to trim precuts to size after, but I prefer the shrinkage to occur before I ,piece. And if I work on the diagonal, the starching seems to help keep the shape.

@peggersf9709 3 месяца назад

👋👋 I starch everything, it’s a game changer. For the most part I use stay flo starch. I rarely by precuts except fat quarters. I do use the pen 👍🏻👍🏻. Thanks Becca

@paulatharp5457 3 месяца назад

@peggersf9709 I have recently learned that the company that makes Sta-Flo is discontinuing it. Better stock up if you find any more. It is already getting hard to find!

@peggersf9709 3 месяца назад

@@paulatharp5457 I’ve heard that 🥺. It’s always that way when you find something ya like. Oh well 🤷🏼 Happy quilting Paula

@jackie-dbdstitchart4969 3 месяца назад

Love the comparisons!

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Awesome that you're digging the comparisons!

@Sara.Stitches 3 месяца назад

Great Video Becca I use Faultless and I starch heavy (Kimberly Jolly )and let dry in the Sun I wonder if it is less shrinkage because it’s not being hit within an iron, it’s being dried with the sun I did some Lori Holt Vegas strips before my surgery? I’m gonna get them out after dinner and check the sizing on them👏

@giovannacasadio9600 3 месяца назад

I have been a seamstress for the last 38 years, and I have always WASHED cotton fabric before cutting it for clothing, I said wash because with soap, you get more shrinkage than with plan water. I just watched to give a bit of my experience. Great video love them. ❤️

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

If I were making clothing, I would prewash entirely

@joybey8979 3 месяца назад

Great demonstration! Thank you 😊

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You are so welcome!

@paulatharp5457 3 месяца назад

Thank you for this comparison video, Becca! Very informative! I know a lot of ladies use Sta-Flo liquid starch and I have recently learned that the company has decided to discontinue making Sta-Flo. If anyone used that brand, you might want to stock up if you can still find it.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

I heard that as well!

@notesfromleisa-land 2 месяца назад

A resounding yes. (Great demo). I don't prewash anything. I do starch and press everything before cutting, but not precuts 10,5 precuts for the reasons you note. Those are precariously sized anyway (not square, not full size). I do not have a shrinkage problem with strips though. Now i have a steam generating iron which has a dry steam v. a wet steam. I think that I might go to my quilt lab and test shrinkage. I did use a liquid starch on my 6" Kaleido blocks seams only--I got shrinkage. They did not measure 6.5" (and they did prior to my great little experiment).

@karenbrunette6314 3 месяца назад

Try a block made without the starch pen and then another block using starch pen to see if any shrinkage by just doing starch on seams only inquiring minds want to know 😂😂

@joycecrosby4000 3 месяца назад

Becca thanks so much for this video. I used to only use Best Press and recently switched to Flatter. A quilt shop owner once told me that Flatter was a better wrinkle remover. I was surprised that the Flatter had more shrinkage. I really want to invest in the starch pen. I have some Foundation Paper Piecing patterns that the pen would be great to use.

@MarkCampbell553 3 месяца назад

I found this to be true even with the fabric pens with starch in them.

@kristenlauster3746 3 месяца назад

Thank you for showing this. Now that precuts are so much more popular, this information will help so many with the accuracy that is so very important in quilting. Great video!!! You have helped so many!! I too, love my Acorn pressing pen and use it all the time, especially for paper piecing, just be sure that the paper has dried completely if you are a little heavy handed with the pen.

@s.a.whirley4559 3 месяца назад

Love this test it was very helpful. Thank you!

@person2463 3 месяца назад

I recall you doing this before. But this is very definitive on the effects of moisture/steam and unsearchable fabrics, thanks. Hugs, Chel 🌸

@janehollingsworth8108 3 месяца назад

What an interesting, scientific comparison! Thank you for clear explanation of details.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Who knew science could be so fun, right?

@aNewYorkBeauty 3 месяца назад

My lesson learned for the day!

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

It's always great to learn something new every day!

@louisemcroke6715 3 месяца назад

Thanks, Becca! Great video!

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You're so welcome!

@alexandra-zaza-burns 3 месяца назад

I was shocked just how much a block will shrink but not in both directions. Even steam will shrink fabric. I like to steam press so I always do it before I cut. If it’s a pre cut and I have to dry iron it always feels weird to me.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Fabric shrinkage is like a magic trick - now you see it, now you don't!

@laurag8641 3 месяца назад

That was fun! Thank you for sharing!!

@monataylor2600 3 месяца назад

I have a question. What’s the secret to accurate stitch and flip corners? They are my nemesis. I try drawing the line, stitching on the line, slightly (one thread) right of the line, diagonal seam tape and Doug Leko’s corner angle ruler … and mine are still wonky.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Draw the line, stitch next to the line and then flip. I demonstrate how I "test" my stitch & flips in several videos - most recently, I think the 'Pieceful Baskets' tutorials I did for block 1 and perhaps block 2 (though, I'm pretty sure Block 1 has it) demonstrates this!

@monataylor2600 3 месяца назад

Was the best press on a batik vs a woven? Nice job matching colors to spray!

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

All fabrics were from the *same* Moda charm pack - it was just a regular quilting cotton, not batik.

@tearose3763 3 месяца назад

The fabric does have something like sizing on it doesnt it? Like whatever the chemicals are we wash off our clothing when we buy it…i wonder what that is…i do notice that some fabrics shrink more than others. Thank you for your demo! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

It does, but my understanding is the chemicals that are placed on fabric aren't sizing/starch - it's more chemicals to help prevent fading/etc.

@YomeidaGarza-ku4dx 3 месяца назад

I was n strach e ery piece of frabi e i have

@hollycaron3567 3 месяца назад

Your middle school science project get an "A" great demo.

@MartyLawless-kh2jd 3 месяца назад

I will starch jelly roll strips because the shrinkage doesn't affect the 2.5" width measurement.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

I'll starch Jelly Roll strips, too! Starch those strips like a boss and keep them in line even if they try to shrink away!

@dorotheakominos1313 3 месяца назад

Thank you for doing this demonstration. No starch for precuts for me. But I do starch fat quarters or yardage with best press.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Same! Though, if I have a pre-cut package that needs to be cut smaller than what what the package is, I won't hesitate to grab some starch. :)

@elizabethjohnson5299 2 месяца назад

Thank you! It’s an impressive demonstration!

@sewbecca 2 месяца назад

You are welcome!

@sandycampbell6087 3 месяца назад

What happens if using steam only; wouldn’t that shrink fabric?

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

I believe steam will cause shrinking, too - but you could test this for yourself!

@marlenehinton5749 3 месяца назад

I’ve heard people comment before that wetting fabric after it’s been cut to to size shrinks. But I’ve never seen it before. Thank you so much for showing this for us.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You're welcome!

@corinnehartrick6339 3 месяца назад

Thank you Becca, I really appreciate everything you teach. Also can you tell me what Juki sewing machine you have and I saw one that Kimberly was using at her home. Looks like it might have been a computer one.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Hi! I sew on a Juki TL-18

@donnarichey144 3 месяца назад

Wow! Amazing! Thanks for showing this? I wonder how the regular starch would do. I use that.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Give it a shot and see if it gives you the same results. Cheers!

@rosannestandish1862 3 месяца назад

Thank you for a great explanation and also on the wool pressing pad @

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@MartyLawless-kh2jd 3 месяца назад

When I spray starch fabric, I worry about getting a consistent amount evenly on the whole piece unless I saturate it. Suggestions?

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Well...I'm solidly in the 'I saturate it' camp, LOL

@peachycheeks4394 3 месяца назад

Great advice!!

@coastalsands 3 месяца назад

Great demo, game changer for my next quilting projects, diamond shaped.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@helenpeddycord2241 3 месяца назад

Thanks Becca! Great demo and info

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You are so welcome!

@vickybush9889 3 месяца назад

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Hey there Vicky!

@catherineandrews8244 3 месяца назад

Great demo! I am not a starcher, but heading now to get a few acorn pens. Thanks again Becca

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You are so welcome!

@colegoodwin4010 3 месяца назад

Science!!

@PiNkSpRinkLe1 3 месяца назад

Yes

@FlickiChicki 3 месяца назад

I’ve never had a problem pressing Moda/Free Spirit with Best Press/water anymore than with high heat. Now, the evil AGF, that shrinks if you breathe on it. Well, it falls apart anyway.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

The charm pack I used in this video was Moda! :) Beware - even Moda shrinks!

@FlickiChicki 3 месяца назад

@@sewbecca I use a lot of Moda and have had shrinking until washing. But more recently, especially with getting into thrifted fabric, I prewash everything so shrinkage is a nonissue.

@bella-bee 3 месяца назад

I’ve watched the lady on fat quarter shop starch her fabric before use, and her 10”squares went down to 9.5” wide, by 10”. So yes, quite a lot, and it’s the width that shrink. And I wouldn’t spray stuff onto my wool pressing mat ! To tell which way it will shrink once you’ve cut off the selvedges, stretch ever so gently. The long grain, parallel to the selvedge doesn’t stretch, but the cross grain does stretch.

@rebeccacraft3043 3 месяца назад

I starch all my fabrics before cutting. Manufacturers do put a sizing in it to keep it neat on a bolt. If you cut straight from a bolt it shouldn't shrink but to get those creases out we usually have to starch. If I wash fabric for some reason, then it loses its crispness( flat). Then, needs starched n pressed. Good rule of thumb starch all in a project or starch none of the project.

@judyhammack6310 3 месяца назад

I enjoyed watching this video. I am quite particular about my fabric as I wash all fabrics when I get them home and starch. Just something I love to do. I love sewing with starched pieces. If I am working on something with precut I might not starch unless it is something I can work with that does not require the exact measurement. Thanks for sharing. Will be watching more of your videos! Take care and God bless!❤

@rhondahallet8413 3 месяца назад

I love tutorials like this. They answer the question and demonstrated the results. Excellent!

@jennystrahley927 3 месяца назад

Great video and demonstration, Becca! Just a couple of days ago I searched your channel for the starch pen that I've seen you use on your videos. I found the video you made 3 years ago about this topic and it was helpful, but this recent video was terrific and so timely with current links. Thanks so much!

@brendamartin8278 3 месяца назад

I found this out the hard way! I starched an entire charm pack from a well known manufacturer, only to find each charm shrunk as much as a 1/2” in one direction! Seriously, 1/2”! I only used 40 of the 42, so measured the two remaining that didn’t get starched and those two were still 5” square. Lesson learned and I won’t do that again!

@peggybinette8605 3 месяца назад

Helpful, interesting and smart content. Keep up the good work. So appreciated!

@robinmarie5180 3 месяца назад

A wool mat distributes heat where an ironing board does not. You will get more shrinkage on an ironing board. Excellent video Becca

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Oof, I got 1/8" on a wool pressing mat - I hate to see what happens on the ironing board!

@robinmarie5180 3 месяца назад

@@sewbecca I've had up to 3/16".

@FlickiChicki 3 месяца назад

@@sewbeccaI don’t get any shrinkage on the wool mat if I keep my Oliso on 2 dots. If I go to 3 dots, even dry will shrink fabric.

@MonaDidWhat 3 месяца назад

Interesting

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

Thanks for checking it out!

@jeane.2722 3 месяца назад

Thanks.

@sewbecca 3 месяца назад

You're welcome, but thank YOU for watching my videos!

@bethkoch11 3 месяца назад

When I was newer to quilting, I decided to starch my pieces after I cut them and before I sewed. Big mistake, and I'll never do that again! I have to say, I'm not a big fan of starch, but the Acorn pen is wonderful! If you want to wrestle those seams into submission, it works wonders!