Tuesday, 19 March 2013

What's Wrong With This Starch?

Late one night I was ironing a number of different block components - fabric ready to be cut, 2.5" squares that needed squaring up, paper piecing sections and completed blocks - and noticed that my starch just wasn't doing its thing. It didn't matter how much starch I sprayed on, the fabric was no crisper. Feeling a little frustrated I stopped. It was then that I realized I was using this:
Just in case you aren't aware, a stain removal spray will not do the same thing as starch!!!

I had a chuckle (I provide myself with opportunities to laugh on a regular basis!), got the starch to finish my ironing and then went to bed.

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6 comments:

  1. Helen McNaught @ AuntyHennysTue Mar 19, 02:00:00 pm

    oh yes! been there, done that! and did you know that no matter how hard you press, how hot the iron..... a "NON IRON-ON" interfacing WILL NEVER stick!!! how many times have I pressed away "forever" to find nothing attached! and then the penny drops!

    at least your blocks will be stain free!

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    1. JenetaTue Mar 19, 07:54:00 pm

      Haha!! I was almost ready to purchase a new iron before discovering that I was using the wrong product!

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  2. SarahTue Mar 19, 04:01:00 pm

    Hahaha, you are too funny ... I just ran out of starch and, not having bought any for years, was thinking, I didn't know it came in those bottles now!!

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    1. JenetaTue Mar 19, 07:56:00 pm

      I really like the starch in the spray pump bottle, though I couldn't find any at the supermarket I recently shopped at and ended up buying a can. When I use the aerosol spray starch the floor around the ironing table ends up very shiny and very slippery!

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  3. CathyCWed Mar 20, 06:07:00 am

    I had to laugh ;-) My BFF (and my bridesmaid 31 years ago) had exactly the same experience! Newly married and couldn't understand why her husband's shirts never ironed nicely ;-)

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  4. Yvonne CampbellFri May 10, 10:11:00 pm

    This was my laugh for the day! :) Thank you

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