I so enjoy looking at everyone's fabrics and color combinations.
Iceblossom, you are more dedicated to solving the issues with those hand dyed fabrics than I would be. I want to grab and go, lol. At a retreat I went to recently, there was a class on dying using carrageenan. It's thick enough to kind of hold the paint at the top, in whatever pattern was made using a comb, spoon, whatever. I've done paper with shaving cream, back before i realized I was making paper crafts that cost a small fortune and really, just went in the trash a few days after giving them.
Red is one of my favorite colors! I am not a prewasher (see above, grab and go!) and have only ever had one red run. I do sometimes, but not often, check w/ hot water and a white cloth. I have never used color catchers (do they work in front loaders?) The one red I had run didn't actually run in the wash, it ran while at the LA! I think it was sprayed to remove marking lines or some such. Whatever, it came out.
I am anxiously awaiting the 29th!