Love your star blocks. I’m learning how to quilt, your videos give me inspiration . I’m a bag maker, but quilting looks so difficult. Thank you for sharing the wonderful quilts and your talent. ❤
When I sew one of the big Lori holt quilts, I go through the entire pattern/book and make a cut sheet listing each fabric and the page number the piece is associated with. I only touch each fabric once. Takes time but then each new block is cut and ready to go. And I’m not shuffling fabrics with every turn of the page.
Great idea. I’m doing the scarecrow quilt now and I can’t tell you how many times I have used a fabric and refolded it. I may do this for the rest as I’m only thru the leaf blocks (60) and scarecrow face.
I like the Mega Plus pantograph on Lisa's 1st beautiful quilt! Oh my, Sally must be an overachiever. What an amazing quilt she created for the garden panel quilt challenge. The spiral swirls are great for this quilt. Oh no, I am not sure if I added enough extra fabric on the pieced backings for the quilts that I recently sent you, Tammie. Just do the best that you can. I want to do a spools wall hanging using some selvages that I am collecting. I like the consistency of the dark blue spool ends and the subtle grey polka dot background fabric. Margaret's dinosaur quilt is absolutely amazing with the black background and the variety of Crayola colors! I am very happy that you are starting to carry some Shannon Fabrics Minky for customers❣️ I absolutely adore the bias cut diagonal plaid pantograph especially on Minky!
Just a heads up. I have starched for years and was always mad that there is so much starch still left in the can. I saw on FQS that you turn the nozzle to the red mark and it lets you empty the can
Yay for getting lay and lie right, and it should be "the block is," meaning the kind of block of which you have made multiple blocks. (Grammar is my favorite thing, and I appreciate people who do their best to get it right.) Now, to learn even a minuscule fraction of what you know about quilting!
I was starching my fabrics with the cans. Like you, I felt it took way to long and I was not getting all of the starch out of the can. I started buying the large jugs of StaFlo starch. It tells you on the bottle how much water to add to the starch depending how stiff you want the fabric. I put in a plastic tote and just dunk the fabric until it's totally saturated, wring out excess and then hang to dry. It comes out great and is so much faster.
OMG!!! Lisa's quilt is gorgeous, so much so that I am going to revise my choice of the four seasons and make this one instead. I don't know it is due to different fabric than used in the pattern or if it is the pattern color on a computer monitor. Well, that and right here the machine quilting sure makes a difference.
I tried starching a while back as a test for the fabrics for a baby quilt. Then I picked a pantograph which I really hated, and I therefore unquilted the whole thing and quilted it again on my Amara. Well, the needle holes were huge and I was afraid the quilt was ruined. I ironed it and sprayed it, and none of that helped. I finally ended up washing the finished quilt and the holes finally disappeared (surprisingly, with no damage!). Therefore, please be aware that any longarm unstitching is going to be made much more difficult and obvious because of the starch. I just pre-rinse all fabrics and drip dry if a precut or dry in the dryer if yardage to get rid of the shrink and test for fading. No more starch for me! I really prefer the texture of the washed fabrics. Thank you so much for all the inspiration you share in your videos! -- Jean
I'm just starting your video. I used some starch when I made memory quilts for us kinds from my dad's shirts and I used pretty much all of them even the thin ones. I knew I needed more body to that fabric, so I bought starch and sprayed it on (I used whatever Walmart carried). It really helped. I don't normally use it, though. I do think it would make the fabric stiffer, but I have to smile at first washing the fabric and then starching it - in effect, adding the sizing back in that you just washed out. (Not that you do that but I've seen it done.)
Such pretty quilts. I always like the Baptist fan and I really loved the dinosaur quilt and the quilting texture on it was sublime. I was tempted to do the Christmas quilt that you are doing but had purchased the scarecrow and snowman kits by Lori Holt, so decided that those were enough for now. :)
I’m not patient either, so I don’t saturate the fabric. I don’t want to wait for the yardage to dry. I starch to achieve the body I need to improve my piecing. Maybe I use 3/4 name brand cans for a 60X72 finished quilt. If it costs me $10 more to starch, I’ll pay it because I put a lot of $$$ in fabric and hired long-arming, and I want to enjoy the process and be happy with the end result. I get a lot of compliments from my long-armer… she likes working with my quilt tops… that’s because of the added step of starching. I also bought the attachment for spray paint cans to go easy on my finger holding down the spray button. It has a trigger and makes spraying easy on my hand and achieve more even spraying.
Hi Tammie! I am planning on testing Magic Premium quilting and fabric spray (similar to Mary Ellen's). I have been using this product for about a year or so on my blocks when I just need to spray as needed and it is works great. For my project that I want to soak, I am planning getting a gallon ($37 on Amazon) and then using a garden spray attachment to soak the fabric. I am hoping this will produce the same effect as traditional starch and reduce the need for multiple cans. I will let you know how it turns out when I get to that particular project.
Hi Tammy! You may not know this, but FQS prefers we not show the SS boxes on any social media until after the 30th of each month. Love to watch you each week. You’re a busy gal!
Everyone has been showing them, and I just fast forward because I've been out of town. I know mine has arrived, but I want to be surprised by what's in it.
FYI!!! You have to turn the dial to the red line or red dot on the can to empty the can of starch. Walmart sells flawless spray starch for $1.98 up to $2.50.
I don’t like starching it made my fabric wavy and I couldn’t get the wave out until I started it to the point it could almost stand up on its own and that takes way too long. It’s easier to cut for sure but I think it’s my fabric and I tried pressing, but it kept sticking to myplate
Lisa Bonjean has a trick with nozzle on starch cans that will completely drain the can. I think I saw it on a recent (within month or so) episode of fatquartershop Friday morning TH-cam. I will try to find it for you 💕
I'm no expert but here's my opinion. Mary Ellen's is listed as a spray starch but I believe it's intention is to be used at the point of pressing seams and not in the preparation of large amounts of fabric.
Yes. Pantograph: Mega Plus by Quilting Together with Mindy www.quiltingtogether.net/shop-designs/mega-plus-digital-design-for-longarm-edge-to-edge-and-pantograph
I'm not a big starcher. I don't wash my fabrics first. In my opinion, it's a waste of time. If I suspect something might bleed, I will throughly wet a sample and see if any dye comes out at the sink and then lay it on paper towels to dry. The new fabric (the high quality fabrics we most often buy nowadays) comes with sizing in it already. Sometimes I will hit it with a bit of starch at the ironing surface if I need extra accuracy. Otherwise, I think some of these things are way overdone. It's putting more stuff in the air. It's breathing it in if not masking and it's a waste of money. People have been quilting successfully for tons of years. I doubt in the past they were using tons of starch. People were more frugal in the past. Certainly, there are plenty of tools that I'm glad I have that wouldn't have been available in the past. Starch is not one of them. Think what is going in the air with all these quilters going nuts spraying tons of cans of that stuff into our environment. I can't imagine that's a good thing. Cutting acurrately and using 1/4" seam should be sufficient. Also, One can fudge a bit if things don't quite line up right. If a seam doesn't quite come out to 1/4" you can go over it again right next to the previous stitching for extra strength. I am a seasoned quilter. If I was teaching someone to quilt starching would not be the way I would teach them to prepare their fabrics.
I don’t starch. Just seems messy and I don’t want to have all those chemicals on the quilt. No one has ever given back a quilt because a seam doesn’t match.
Love your star blocks. I’m learning how to quilt, your videos give me inspiration . I’m a bag maker, but quilting looks so difficult. Thank you for sharing the wonderful quilts and your talent. ❤
Keep at it! Start simple and progress as you gain confidence. Quilting doesn’t have to be hard!
Love this video!! Love how you explain things snd the fabrics people use and the patterns you use to long Arm !!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Such beautiful quilts. The more I watch your videos, the more I learn.
This is very encouraging! Thank you!
Beautiful Quilts, loved Lisa’s Edelweiss especially.
Me too!! Thank you for your kind comments!
When I sew one of the big Lori holt quilts, I go through the entire pattern/book and make a cut sheet listing each fabric and the page number the piece is associated with. I only touch each fabric once. Takes time but then each new block is cut and ready to go. And I’m not shuffling fabrics with every turn of the page.
Great idea. I’m doing the scarecrow quilt now and I can’t tell you how many times I have used a fabric and refolded it. I may do this for the rest as I’m only thru the leaf blocks (60) and scarecrow face.
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my, that bag is gorgeous!
No kidding!
I like the Mega Plus pantograph on Lisa's 1st beautiful quilt! Oh my, Sally must be an overachiever. What an amazing quilt she created for the garden panel quilt challenge. The spiral swirls are great for this quilt. Oh no, I am not sure if I added enough extra fabric on the pieced backings for the quilts that I recently sent you, Tammie. Just do the best that you can.
I want to do a spools wall hanging using some selvages that I am collecting. I like the consistency of the dark blue spool ends and the subtle grey polka dot background fabric.
Margaret's dinosaur quilt is absolutely amazing with the black background and the variety of Crayola colors!
I am very happy that you are starting to carry some Shannon Fabrics Minky for customers❣️ I absolutely adore the bias cut diagonal plaid pantograph especially on Minky!
Love your comments! I'll be in contact very soon!
Wow! I just found you. How delightful with a cup of coffee❤
Thanks so much! 😊
Just a heads up. I have starched for years and was always mad that there is so much starch still left in the can. I saw on FQS that you turn the nozzle to the red mark and it lets you empty the can
Ohhhh! Thanks!
Yay for getting lay and lie right, and it should be "the block is," meaning the kind of block of which you have made multiple blocks. (Grammar is my favorite thing, and I appreciate people who do their best to get it right.) Now, to learn even a minuscule fraction of what you know about quilting!
Too funny! Thanks!
I was starching my fabrics with the cans. Like you, I felt it took way to long and I was not getting all of the starch out of the can. I started buying the large jugs of StaFlo starch. It tells you on the bottle how much water to add to the starch depending how stiff you want the fabric. I put in a plastic tote and just dunk the fabric until it's totally saturated, wring out excess and then hang to dry. It comes out great and is so much faster.
You can also add some with water in a spray bottle. It works great!
Sta Flo is no longer available 🙁
@@lisaanngregg4588 oh, I didn’t realize that. It’s been a while since I’ve bought any since the jug lasted a good while.
Tammie...beautiful quilts and quilting...thanks ❤
You can also easily make your own starch. Recipes on Pinterest. I've done it, and it works our just fine.
OMG!!! Lisa's quilt is gorgeous, so much so that I am going to revise my choice of the four seasons and make this one instead. I don't know it is due to different fabric than used in the pattern or if it is the pattern color on a computer monitor. Well, that and right here the machine quilting sure makes a difference.
Have fun!
The bag is a pattern by Noodlehead. The Harrelson pouch i think. She did a beautiful job!
Thanks for the info!
I tried starching a while back as a test for the fabrics for a baby quilt. Then I picked a pantograph which I really hated, and I therefore unquilted the whole thing and quilted it again on my Amara. Well, the needle holes were huge and I was afraid the quilt was ruined. I ironed it and sprayed it, and none of that helped. I finally ended up washing the finished quilt and the holes finally disappeared (surprisingly, with no damage!). Therefore, please be aware that any longarm unstitching is going to be made much more difficult and obvious because of the starch. I just pre-rinse all fabrics and drip dry if a precut or dry in the dryer if yardage to get rid of the shrink and test for fading. No more starch for me! I really prefer the texture of the washed fabrics. Thank you so much for all the inspiration you share in your videos! -- Jean
This is great info to consider! Thanks so much!
I'm just starting your video. I used some starch when I made memory quilts for us kinds from my dad's shirts and I used pretty much all of them even the thin ones. I knew I needed more body to that fabric, so I bought starch and sprayed it on (I used whatever Walmart carried). It really helped. I don't normally use it, though. I do think it would make the fabric stiffer, but I have to smile at first washing the fabric and then starching it - in effect, adding the sizing back in that you just washed out. (Not that you do that but I've seen it done.)
We're funny people sometimes, aren't we?!
Such pretty quilts. I always like the Baptist fan and I really loved the dinosaur quilt and the quilting texture on it was sublime.
I was tempted to do the Christmas quilt that you are doing but had purchased the scarecrow and snowman kits by Lori Holt, so decided that those were enough for now. :)
Only so much time! 😉
I haven’t heard the name Mary Ellen Hopkins in ages. I took a quilt class from her years ago and have few of her books signed. She was great
I attended a trunk show of hers when Kate England owned quilt shops in Indianapolis! I still have some of her books as well!
@@tammieearnest I also took classes with Kaye England. Loved her classes also. Those were the days
I’m not patient either, so I don’t saturate the fabric. I don’t want to wait for the yardage to dry. I starch to achieve the body I need to improve my piecing. Maybe I use 3/4 name brand cans for a 60X72 finished quilt. If it costs me $10 more to starch, I’ll pay it because I put a lot of $$$ in fabric and hired long-arming, and I want to enjoy the process and be happy with the end result. I get a lot of compliments from my long-armer… she likes working with my quilt tops… that’s because of the added step of starching. I also bought the attachment for spray paint cans to go easy on my finger holding down the spray button. It has a trigger and makes spraying easy on my hand and achieve more even spraying.
This is great information! Thanks!
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I have never mass starched like you did. After I get the block done. I sometimes starch if the block does not iron flat.
That may be a plan!
Hi Tammie! I am planning on testing Magic Premium quilting and fabric spray (similar to Mary Ellen's). I have been using this product for about a year or so on my blocks when I just need to spray as needed and it is works great. For my project that I want to soak, I am planning getting a gallon ($37 on Amazon) and then using a garden spray attachment to soak the fabric. I am hoping this will produce the same effect as traditional starch and reduce the need for multiple cans. I will let you know how it turns out when I get to that particular project.
Thanks so much!!
Hi Tammy! You may not know this, but FQS prefers we not show the SS boxes on any social media until after the 30th of each month. Love to watch you each week. You’re a busy gal!
Everyone has been showing them, and I just fast forward because I've been out of town. I know mine has arrived, but I want to be surprised by what's in it.
Thanks for the info!
I decided to cross stitch the hometown holiday pattern. Just got my floss last weekend, still waiting on the fabric.
It will be beautiful!!
Hi Tammie, I see on amazon that they sell simply starch powder that you mix with water, have you ever used this product? Love your videos.
I have not. But several viewers have mentioned using a starch that you mix with water.
FYI!!! You have to turn the dial to the red line or red dot on the can to empty the can of starch. Walmart sells flawless spray starch for $1.98 up to $2.50.
Thanks for the help!
I don’t like starching it made my fabric wavy and I couldn’t get the wave out until I started it to the point it could almost stand up on its own and that takes way too long. It’s easier to cut for sure but I think it’s my fabric and I tried pressing, but it kept sticking to myplate
Oh no!
Lisa Bonjean has a trick with nozzle on starch cans that will completely drain the can. I think I saw it on a recent (within month or so) episode of fatquartershop Friday morning TH-cam. I will try to find it for you 💕
Thanks so much!
What is the difference for using “Mary Ellen” pressing spray and starch?
I'm no expert but here's my opinion. Mary Ellen's is listed as a spray starch but I believe it's intention is to be used at the point of pressing seams and not in the preparation of large amounts of fabric.
Is mindy's panto a digital pattern
Yes.
Pantograph: Mega Plus by Quilting Together with Mindy
www.quiltingtogether.net/shop-designs/mega-plus-digital-design-for-longarm-edge-to-edge-and-pantograph
i prefer the sta-flo liquid starch
Thanks! I've heard several say that, as well.
It's Karen Walker
Thank you!
As I understand it objects lay and humans lie. I lie on the bed. I lay a blanket over me.
Thanks for the help!
I'm not a big starcher. I don't wash my fabrics first. In my opinion, it's a waste of time. If I suspect something might bleed, I will throughly wet a sample and see if any dye comes out at the sink and then lay it on paper towels to dry. The new fabric (the high quality fabrics we most often buy nowadays) comes with sizing in it already. Sometimes I will hit it with a bit of starch at the ironing surface if I need extra accuracy. Otherwise, I think some of these things are way overdone. It's putting more stuff in the air. It's breathing it in if not masking and it's a waste of money. People have been quilting successfully for tons of years. I doubt in the past they were using tons of starch. People were more frugal in the past. Certainly, there are plenty of tools that I'm glad I have that wouldn't have been available in the past. Starch is not one of them. Think what is going in the air with all these quilters going nuts spraying tons of cans of that stuff into our environment. I can't imagine that's a good thing. Cutting acurrately and using 1/4" seam should be sufficient. Also, One can fudge a bit if things don't quite line up right. If a seam doesn't quite come out to 1/4" you can go over it again right next to the previous stitching for extra strength. I am a seasoned quilter. If I was teaching someone to quilt starching would not be the way I would teach them to prepare their fabrics.
I appreciate your viewpoint. Thanks for sharing!
I don’t starch. Just seems messy and I don’t want to have all those chemicals on the quilt. No one has ever given back a quilt because a seam doesn’t match.
Understand completely!