There was a thread quite awhile ago about Connecting Threads fabric. I don't know how to explain it except to say a few of their fabrics seems to have a "painted" on finish/design--not many but a few. Some liked it, some did not (I was one that did not and haven't bought fabric from there anymore because you can't tell online whether it has it or not). This may be your problem.
Last edited by virtualbernie; 05-23-2012 at 02:25 PM.