Originally Posted by
auntpiggylpn
Pre-washing fabrics is a tedious job, I agree but. . . you say that the colors are over saturated and are worried that they will bleed. If you have invested a great deal of money (second mortgage kind of money) in this fabric and you will be making what I am sure will be absolutely beautiful quilts, why would you take the risk of the fabrics bleeding and ruining your quilt? JMHO!
I agree wholeheartedly with you auntpiggy. I just bought some fabric at my lqs to make some placemats. I expected the red to bleed, it didn't but the blue bled something terrible. Washed it about 4 times and used Retayne. Hopefully it is ok now.