I’m a big fan of Mary Ellen’s Best Press because it does a great job of getting out wrinkles and smoothing fabric without leaving flakes like starch can do. I recently tried Flatter and found that it works just as well.
I’m also a fan of Pinterest and recently found a recipe for “Quilter’s Moonshine” ironing spray. The original post, by Joanne Hubbard, gives the recipe here. So off I went to the liquor store to buy the cheapest vodka I could find. I guess if your quilt isn’t turning out you can drink your ironing spray 😀
Another ingredient in the Quilter’s Moonshine is liquid starch, so I went looking for that, as well. Not, of course, at the liquor store. The only starch I’ve seen in years was in a pressurized spray can, but sure enough, there was actual liquid starch in a spray bottle at the grocery store. They also had powdered starch that had to be mixed with water, but I passed on that.
To my surprise, I found another ironing spray
right there on the shelf in the grocery store! I’ve tried it now and it works really well. My only objection is that it has a strong scent. Not unpleasant, but not something I really want to smell all day, either.
Finally the ingredients were assembled! The recipe makes over a gallon, so I cut it in half. I used a funnel to get it into the best empty spray bottles I found around the house, and voila! Ironing spray! It worked just fine and the faint scent was not a problem.
So check out the link to Joanne Hubbard’s blog and give it a try!
