Red is a bad color for bleeding. I resently used red for and inside boarder and as I was pressing, with spray starch I saw that it was going to bleed big time. I ripped it out and put it back in a pile of fabric that I have that is pretty but not useble in quilts. And I labeled it so it won't ever be used in quilts. I think if I was to wash it (too much hassel), it would loose its great bright color.