FWIW, I have a fat quarter of fabric I bought at a quilt show. It was a beautiful dusty lavender, I had to have it, even though it was hand dyed. I must have washed it dozens of times over the years in futile hopes of success. It has long since lost its original color and the thing still bleeds. I've given up trying to wash it anymore and we have developed a love hate relationship, I glare at it, and it sits on the shelf and grins back at me.