Batiks do bleed or at least some of them do. Some more than others. I tend to starch all my fabrics before I cut into them. So if they're going to bleed, they'll do it in my starch. Plus by starching I find they're less likely to fray. Just finished a BOM quilt and these batiks frayed like crazy. In the past I didn't have as much trouble with this happening with batiks. Are they making them differently as I thought they were more tightly woven so less fraying?