oh, oh! what a wonderful question! I've been looking for velvet ribbon to repair the edges of a beloved blanket for just ages! My mother put on the current edging well over 40 years ago, and I have been looking for quite a while! Sure hope someone's got some sources! Ribbon needs to be around 3 inches wide to cover both sides of the edge. And maybe 6 yards, to do both the top and bottom edge. Blanket has a short, fuzzy surface on both sides; BOTH the old and new blankets were the exact same pale yellow color!
I think my mother probably went into her quilting scraps for the material that's on the blanket now; there's no real selvedge and she zig-zagged both sides down. This light brown velvet is lovely soft stuff, as soft and nice as the blanket itself. Has only started showing breakdown along the fold in the last few years. Of course, I also wish I could replace the body of the blanket too! we got one sort of like it for a wedding present (ca. 30 years ago) but the "new" one was threadbare in a few washes! The "old" one still has a remarkable amount of the original surface, but is slowly (30+ years!) washing away too. It's been used by my son since he was very small, and is still his favorite! Sheet and this blanket are as cool or as warm as necessary for almost the whole year (except dead of winter, gets one more layer). Shoot, so many of my best bedding pieces are ancient and wearing like iron! If I could find a source I'd get 2! one to replace the one on son's bed, one for parent's! This blanket is one of the things my mother sent me off with to college, I think! thx all! chimene > On Apr 29, 2019, at 5:33 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > … Does anyone know a source for good quality velvet ribbon in a variety of > colors? Preferably cotton and definitely not obviously polyester? And > definitely not papery holiday ribbon? Regarding the buckles, one needs 1 inch > ribbon and one needs 1 1/4 inch ribbon. Any sources for millinery flowers > are welcome too. > Fran _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
