Okay... I wanted to be sure that it wasn't just me, liking these fabrics. Even my daughter likes them, and at 13 she is quite opinionated.
There have been enough positive comments on these, so I will be ordering them for the shop. The rep says that she doesn't have cloth samples to show me, only designs on paper (pity!)... but I'm sure when they come in I'll be able to figure out what blenders "play well" with these. I'm thinking along the lines of marbles, so that the patterns don't compete for attention.
Hoffman says they will be shipping to stores in May.