Originally Posted by Elisabrat
Maybe I am getting old but I thought putting vinegar in the wash helped hold the colors and stop bleeding? I would go with the cottons and stay away from anything that could bleed. What a nightmare. I didnt know fabric still bleed any longer. Knock on wood I have been fortunate. Good luck!
Vinegar used to work on a lot of the natural dyes. These days, though, all the dyes are chemical in nature so vinegar is unlikely to work anymore.
Bleeding is caused by incorrectly set dyes or over-saturation of dye (fabric fibers can hold only so much dye). It still happens.