Thanks for the tip. I have a "sample" to practice my free motion quilting on so I'll try washing it when I'm done and see what happens. Maybe I will be presently surprised. If it doesn't work out then I'll get a different back. I have to figure out how to quilt it anyway. It does say on the package"our plush micro-fiber fabric has a hand feel and texture of 400 thread count bedding." Ah ha, pays to read the whole blurb. It says 100% polyester only on the sheet itself. The fact that it was made in China does not please me either, but paying $20 for the set, I didn't notice. Always "lessons learned."