Originally Posted by granny216
I have been washing fabrics to go with the fat 8's I received and I was amazed at how many of the fabrics gave off some color. I did set them and washed them again and they came clear. Is this a trend with the new somewhat darker fabrics? Had no trouble at all with the pastels.
It is amazing, isn't it? And it sure is hard now to avoid prewashing....I get a naggin' feeling that just won't go away if I even think about not washing fabric before I use it. And it seems impossible to predict which ones will let go of some color and which ones won't. And the shrinkage is unpredictable too, I've noticed. Don't be too sure that some of the lighter fabs won't fade...yellow surprised me not too long ago. Even the well-known big name manufacturers are suspect...in another group we found a Blank fab that was unbelievably unstable...continued to lose color after multiple washings! Thanks for bringing this up here...learning and sharing is one of the high points of swaps for me!