Hello. Please forgive a new member for just barging in, but you might want to try discharging the fabric as demonstrated by Colleen Wise on that episode of Simply Quilts. All you need is bleach and hydrogen peroxide. The only real difference is that the result does not necessarily look like a 'faded' original. For instance, many black fabrics discharge to a reddish-orange color.
There is an article on discharging methods in the current issue of Quilting Arts Magazine with instructions and examples of each. Colleen Wise also has a book called 'Casting Shadows' that is a bit hard to find, but still available at Quilting Books Unlimited (
www.qbu.com). I've just started to experiment with this technique, but it's great fun!