Perhaps A. Wimpfheimer & Bro? http://www.wimpvel.com/cwvelveteen.html They are a commercial supplier who also do over the counter and small minimums. I ordered a sample book from them a few years ago, very nice cotton velvets and velveteens. Price was 12-15 a yard, IIRC.
The nicest velvet I ever got was some Italian cotton velvet from the old Denver Fabrics, which sadly is no longer around. But Fabric.com has a nice selection of cotton velvets right now, decent prices and some pretty pinks and pastels. http://www.fabric.com/apparel-fashion-fabric-velvet-fabric-velveteen-velour-fabric-doux-cotton-velvet-fabric.aspx Fabric Guru is a fun site :) - Marion ----- Original Message ---- 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 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 disappeared with a recent browser update. Bah! I'll keep hunting. And thanks for the link to Fabric Guru, I don't think I've shopped there before. Kimiko _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
