I had a problem with some beautiful flannel that I bought at the LQS. I washed it and dried it and when I was finished I noticed that there was a flaw done the center of the fabric. I had planned on using it for a whole cloth baby quilt, but, after finding the flaw down the center of it,I will have to use it in another manner. My point is, it just isn't JoAnn's or Hancock's. It can happen anywhere.