I had that happen before also. I bought it from a good source online that has mostly name brand like Moda, Kaufman, Riley Blake etc. so I never dreamed it would fade. I always had good luck with fabric I purchased there. Anyways it faded really bad so don't know what happened. I ended up putting it on my bed because I couldn't gift something like that. Very disappointing. I used to always wash fabric when it came in the door but I quit when there was so much talk about it. Now I think I will start pre-washing again just to avoid this