I just washed these for the first time and they came out wonderful! Most placemats after washing you need to iron them, but these I didn't need to! The colors didn't fade at all either. They are a bit thinner, but they still work great. I purchased the matching napkins to go with these though and the colors did not match at all. The turquoise/teal on the napkins were 3 or 4 shades lighter than these placemats. I ended up returning the napkins.