Absolutely! If you paid a lot of money at a proper fabric store for something that bled dye all over the place, they *might* give you a refund just to keep a customer happy. But they might also tell you there was no label anywhere indicating the fabric was machine washable! Lots of fabric is sold as "craft fabric". Sure it's 100% cotton, but all possible corners were cut during manufacture, and it isn't really meant for heirloom sewing. It's for one-use holiday deco, pillow covers you keep on the couch a few months and then change, and such things.
Time for some fabric education: Go to a quilt fabric store. Not JoAnns, not Walmart, not Hancocks, but someplace that sells mostly quilting supplies. Find their most expensive fabric (not batiks, but regular fabric). Feel it -should be soft but lots of body (a good hand). Should hold a real crease if you run your fingernail over it, but come up more or less smooth if lightly scrunched in your hand. Hold it up to the light. If you can read signs through it, I'd be surprised. Have a look at the back -the print quality will be lighter, but the design should still look well-defined. And it will maintain these qualities even after you take it home and wash out the sizing. But even this expensive fabric can occasionally bleed color. It's rare, but not unheard-of! Red dye is especially vicious. Things that add to price are more colors in the print and metallic accents, so take this into account.
Have a look at the library for Harriet Hargrave's book "From Fiber to Fabric" -very interesting reading! Roberta in D
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