I don’t talk a lot
about products on my site, but I found one I feel deserves a plug, especially
for cost conscious quilters.
Most hard core
quilters know the name BEST PRESS, a flake free spray starch product that comes
in various fragrances like spring breeze and lavender. It works great but it’s
pricey. Sorry BEST PRESS, but it is.
There are tons of
recipes on Pinterest to make your own starch. A few of my quilting BFF’s have tried
them, with varied success. The starch
settles in the bottle, constantly requiring shaking or plugs up. Not a deal breaker, it’s just kind of
annoying. And it’s cloudy. And you have to add essential oils if you want it to
smell nice.
I kept scouring the
stores and finally found a starch that I believe stands up to Best Press…….Niagara
non-aerosol spray starch plus, with DURAfresh™ fabric refreshment technology.
Great marketing no? Anyway, its biodegradable, non-aerosol so it’s not killing
the ozone layer, guaranteed not to flake, in a lovely light lavender fragrance…….and
the 22 oz. bottle was $1.50 at my local Meijer store. It also comes in original fresh linen scent.
So I gave it a
try. It’s hard to see in the photos, but
the small dark rose batik is thick and wrinkled, whereas the pink alligator
print is super thin and flimsy. For me, I
want starch that forces stubborn wrinkles away, yet gives my limp fabrics
substance without gunking (is that a word?) and flaking….you know what I mean. Here’s the before and after…..stubborn wrinkles gone, flimsy fabric feels thick, I super saturated before pressing and there are no flakes, and the verdict is.......I think I’m
in love. I know, get a life!
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