i've never used dmc, only c & c. is this a problem with all their colors?
i have 75-year old pure linen embroidered tablecloths that have never run. should i be looking at this more carefully?
(p.s. for you younger members, a quilt or tablecloth made by a mother or mother-in-law 75 or even more years ago is not that unusual, even though it sounds ancient. i have an embroidery made by my then 13-year old grandmother in europe. she was a terrible embroiderer.)