I have gravitated to Asian prints for years and a lot of them have metallic. I like the little touches of metallic in the Asians as well as some Christmas prints but I do not like them when they are over printed on to batiks. The few of those I have I ordered on line and didn't realize it was metallic or got them in a FQ pack and usually end up using them wrong side up. I also like some of the fairy frost lines which isn't really metallic but have some sort of shimmery ink in the dyes. I have noticed that some metallics have worn off, especially if used in binding or near the edge of the quilt that gets a lot of handling. For the most part it isn't really noticeable and I don't mind because the overall look of the fabric remains unchanged.