Originally Posted by Lori S

It makes me crazy that in this age of know how, there is still the issue of fabrics bleeding/running. It is not an issue that is confined to low cost fabrics ... I have had "top " of the line company fabrics that ran .. and am having it happen with greater frequency than ever before. "back in the day" it seemed as though red was always always a suspect color, and purple was a second.... now its just seems like a crap shoot.
If there was one issue I wish the manufactures would get on board with is some bolt labeling as to the colorfastness of the fabric. I would pay a premium for a "guarenteed not to run/bleed" fabric. In fact I feel I already am paying a premium for the top manufactures.

Read CorneliaVa's post above. She hit on the real problem And it's not only the bleeding we have to worry about, it's the toxic chemicals that foreign manufacturers use (that were forbidden to our domestic textile manufacturers, precisely because they were so toxic). And it's not just in fabric, but in cosmetics, in toys, and everything else you can think of. Not a good scene.
Ok .. I'm off the soap box now.