Originally Posted by tessagin

I do for the reason of the irritating odor from the dyes that come from the fabric and a couple years ago prewashing clinched it for me when I saw a woman come from outside heavily perspiring and go back to corner deep among a lot of fabric to wipe her brow, face and pits. Luckily, I wasn't the only one since they have security cameras. The manager of the store and another clerk saw her and her companion who laughed and did the same thing. The 2 bolts they used had to be removed from the shelf and sent back to the manufacturer as damaged. Those were new 10 yard bolts. The females were escorted out of the store. Females with children have also been seen to wipe noses. Can you imagine if they weren't caught and maybe it was fabric for a baby/crib quilt?