Originally Posted by
nanna-up-north
My LQS owner told me you don't have to wash quality quilting fabric but I wash it anyway. I don't seem to see much bleeding these days with those good fabrics. But, I do see a slug now and then or a snag in the weaving process. I, too, would be pretty upset if I paid full price for a piece of fabric and it was sun faded. That would go back in a second.
Guess I've been buying "inferior" fabric lines - Michael Miller, Kaufmann, Hoffman, Benartex, Jinny Beyer (but I think she has gone with different manufacturers over the years) - etc.
A few other lines that I have forgotten.