I haven't had a batik bleed, but I did have a green batik that rubbed off onto my white quilting gloves. I had previously washed the fabric and hadn't noticed any problem then, and when the quilt was finished I washed it and had no problems. Still, my quilting gloves now have ugly green fingers. That's the only fabric I've had the problem with. But in the future I intend to pay special attention to batiks when I wash them.