Big ole Huh? for an applique product

Jul 04, 2008 7 Replies

So a friend sent me a magazine because I buy leather from a shop in the town it comes from. The leather shop was suggested by a certain person here, and so it all comes full circle...



In the magazine a lady was well pleased with "Organic Press and Starch Solution for Applique"

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to quilting products and click on the product. OK have I missed something or does the picture and description seem an awful lot like dry corn or rice starch in a shoe polish bottle? (It is a "just add water!" sort of thing)



If the sponge would be useful couldn't you just dab with a sponge? Or if you want to get fancy, use one of these things:

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Mind I am not a big applique fan. I do it sometimes, but it is not my favorite thing. So maybe I am just flat out missing some significant point somewhere. Kinda doubt it though.



NightMist


Well, you know the thing about "add the name quilter's .... to it and triple the price" Maybe that applies here?

G> So a friend sent me a magazine because I buy leather from a shop in

Double HUH form Virginia! PAT

I think the key word here is "organic." All other starches I've seen may leave something to be desired in the potential toxicity department, especially if aerosol.

Trixie

Trixie makes a good point. However, there is (so far as I know) no legal cerification process in the US for non-food items, nor am I aware of any reputable non-government organizations certifying non-food products. Not that there might not be some, just none that I know of. There is also no mention of certification in the description or on the lable in the picture.

Therefore there is really no choice but to take Jeanne's literal interpretation of the product. It is a carbon bearing starch of some variety, probably vegetable in origin, in a bottle that probably cost the company considerably less than the $2 it would cost a person to buy an empty one. It may possibly have been made with a vegetable product that was not organically grown, and it may have been adulterated or treated with Ghu knows what during processing and packaging. Or it may be totally on the up and up and has been made with only certified organic products, and packaged in accordance with the same principles. There is no real way of knowing with a non-food product.

NightMist

"nzlstar*" wrote:

Quilter's, organic, and archival quality all seem to be words used to jack up prices. I'd lay bets it's just plain dry starch with a high dollar price tag.

Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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