From: Kimiko Small kim...@kimiko1.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] cotton velvet/velveteen?
Unfortunately, my next project is solidly working class, and I really don't
have space
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Fabric Guru is a fun site :)
- Marion
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From: Kimiko Small kim...@kimiko1.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Fri, October 14, 2011 9:54:39 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] cotton velvet/velveteen?
No, I was thinking high end
Can anyone direct me to a source for velveteen? The washable, apparel weight
kind. Way back in time I could find a variety of colors, including the soft
muted shades I'm looking for, at chain fabric stores. Then maybe on ebay.
Then sometimes online fabric stores. Now I can't seem to find it
http://www.puresilks.us/ has cotton velvet.
Cheers,
Aylwen
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On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:45 AM, mhprobe...@gmail.com
Also, http://www.renaissancefabrics.net/cgi-bin/showAll.cgi?section=V
Aylwen
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
aylwe...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.puresilks.us/ has cotton velvet.
Cheers,
Aylwen
Aylwen's Historical Costumes
www.aylwen.com
I've not seen much on the softer colors, but another source for basic colors is
here:
http://www.syfabrics.com/Browse.aspx/100--Cotton-Med-Light-Weight-Velvet/433
Found this one doing a google search for the other store I thought might have
the nicer velvets. I couldn't find that one, but this
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Fri, October 14, 2011 7:34:24 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] cotton velvet/velveteen?
I've not seen much on the softer colors, but another source for basic colors is
here:
http://www.syfabrics.com/Browse.aspx/100--Cotton-Med-Light-Weight-Velvet/433
Found
Dharma Trading has 100% cotton velveteen, and you can dye it any color
you want.
http://www.dharmatrading.com/products/cvel.html
Fran
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No, I was thinking high end more, but decent prices. A client had ordered from
them, and it was the nicest velvet I had ever worked with. Soft, not too thick,
nice pile, nice color that wasn't a jewel tone, and lovely drape. Sadly, I
can't recall which store it was. And my old bookmarks have
