I made myself a Cashmerette Appleton, never had such a success with a wrap dress before. Lovely pattern.
Prior to this, I washed my fabric....black jersey. Twice.
The body of the dress was black, the bands and sleeves were in a swirly 70s type of pattern with shades of green, cream and white. The dress looked really good and I loved the contrast between the colours and the black.
So I washed it. Complete with colour catcher sheets, just in case. The body of the dress is still black, the bands and sleeves are varying shades of sludgy greens/grey! It's going through the washing machine again as I type. Just in case...... (she types hopefully).
Somewhat miffed!