I would not want to buy any velvet sight unseen. Only buy from a place that will send you swatches. Some velvets are so slinky they would drive me crazy to work with them, while some, even clothing weight, have a bit more body. Ann Wass In a message dated 9/13/2013 4:58:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, chim...@ravensgard.org writes:
my steam-punker has been attracted recently by victorian velvet outfits from the "OMG that dress" site, so he's been looking on-line at velvets. we have hit a term we can't find a real definition for. does anyone know what is meant by "doux cotton velvet". "doux" literally means "sweet". some of the descriptions say "100% cotton", which indicates warp, weft and PILE all of cotton. we have also run across descriptions of linen velvet, and mohair velvet! both the cotton and linen velvet appear to run around $17/yard; 54-56" width -- oh, the linen is on 66% sale, usually more like $50/yd! flanders velvet, housefabric.com, 63% cotton, currently on sale $10/54" yd... well, enough dithering, he can pull up examples faster than I can transcribe them, 8-) so... doux cotton velvet, linen velvet, flanders velvet... any definitions? thx much chimene _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
