I wonder why they have added so much synthetic to a traditional fabric such as gingham. I haven't found good gingham for some time. Too, my daughters were summer babies and I made receiving blankets for them from seersucker. It was all cotton, was very comfortable, and easy to launder. I looked for seersucker when the summer grandbabies were coming but nowadays that has synthetic in it, too, and is hot in the summer. Both of these fabrics are traditional and now not as good. Kinda goes with the thing that once you find a product that you really like, they will quit making it!