Woohoo, just came. The Mega store sent me updates when package was out for delivery and now that it has been delivered. No other emails so far which I appreciate.
This is what I ordered as the floral option, it was an additional 5.99 I think for the shipping UPS from Georgia to Illinois.
https://fabricmegastore.com/products...-fabric-bundle
The picture shows the fabric fresh out of the package. 5 pieces of varying size. Haven't measured yet but maybe some yardage is cut in half from quilt back size? only seeing some selvedges. Remember that I am cheap and don't typically buy fabric at full price but am ok for the cost and what I got. One piece is the Girly Grunge my friend Barb liked, one is I think from the Hummingbird line from Oksewnsew. The two mushroom pieces are cool because I'm sort of planning a project involving mushroom fabric, if they don't work with that project some of the ideas I'm floating may be better suited to them. Smell and feel are fine, right now I'm not overly sensitive to sizing and products but I think even sensitive people can handle this fresh out of the package.
OK, the big questions -- (and remember again, this is the pre self-wash report)
Is the fabric flimsy?? I'd say it is quilting quality. It is not a heavy thread or weave, not is it as fine as what I would consider batik fabric, there is minor warp/woof thread texture. I switched to American Made Brand solids a couple years back because it suits some of my overall goals better. It was finer and silker than Kona and did take some adjusting, but I'm adjusted now. This will work with the AMB solids. It is certainly well above the level of Joann craft level holiday fabrics. Hand does not show when under the light prints. If I ordered it not knowing what it was, I'd be fine with it. Other people maybe not so much. I'll be sending a test envelope to Wesing (once I get the address, and will be happy to hear the thoughts from his household.
Print quality: I think the printing is great. Before engineering, I started my career in advertising and have pretty high standards for printing. I've gone through a lot of reviews and the site and I think some of the dissatisfaction here is from a couple of things. Ok, the eyes aren't sharp as they once were but the printing seems sharp, not fuzzy or out of focus, and well defined and the colors all in the right places.
One, I believe the images used to sell the fabric are the same pixels used to print the fabric. But when we look at the computer screen the fabric is illuminated and saturated, and reacts differently to ambient light than the matte opaqueness of being on fabric.
The print texture of the grunge fabric makes the fabric look grungier/flimsier, but that is optical. Seems to be the same greige goods as the rest of the pieces.
Two, a lot of complaints were more about the the scale of designs. Most of the designs are on 4" repeats mentioned in the text descriptions, you can also see it in the folded yardage picture. That translates to about the size of your palm. I imagine this has a lot to do with the sweet spot between the software they use and the printer. When you order a back, it is still the 4" repeats, just tiled across, they are not a correspondingly larger design. I imagine if the public creates a demand for that, the designers/technicians would be glad to oblige if the hardware/printer could oblige.
Ok, so down to the laundry room with me and the fabric. The post-self-pre-wash is coming
