I received these a couple days ago, threw them in the wash, they came out perfect, no threads, no unraveling, no bleeding of colors and didn't shrink any more than any other cotton item. I've been wearing bandana's for more than 4 decades,I started out borrowing my dad's to wear around my neck, then around my hair to keep my hair back. Use them when I'm sick and can't stand Kleenex 's. These are every bit as good as dad's were back in the day, I know because I kept them for sentimental reasons (he always had one in his hip pocket of his Levi's). I grabbed them out of the drawer to check the new ones against his old ones,  not much difference. I'm thrilled I finally found badana's in these beautiful colors and great quality. No thinner then the old days. Thanks Elephant brand.