Originally Posted by gramajo

Since this will be a kid's quilt, I'd use all the different colors with the alphabet blocks. It would be another learning tool for them, naming all the colors and maybe matching the colors to the colors in the alphabet blocks.

I do not prewash my fabric, just wash it when the quilt is finished using color catchers. I've never had a problem with colors bleeding. I like the look of crinkly quilts.