Christmas request

Beat me to it, Kate!

:) Trish

Oh - I know this stuff. In England I've only seen it made up into high-end dressing gowns, though.

:) Trish

I'm a little confused... I believe I saw velour tops in both Paris and London, errrg... when I was there way back in the 70's.

Velour for clothing is usually knit, isn't it? I think that the toweling velour is just what the finish is called. I like it on the hand towels that I use for drying my face, but I don't think it'd be very absorbent in a bathtowel.

Xena

Actually, these bras *can* be worn either side out. (Except for the winter-only bras, which are winter-only by reason of being made of "cotton" printed with a plastic paint that I wouldn't want next to my skin)

But the part that irritates my chest gets wet on both sides, so there wouldn't be any point to turning it over. On laundry day I miss the old polyester bras that were so nasty that it didn't matter whether they were dirty or not.

Joy Beeson

There is a product called chenille by the inch. It is essentially rectangles of bias fabric stitched together at interverals, and you cut in between the stitching lines, then you stitch this onto your fabric then wash it to make it bloom. This would go around curves.

Sandy

Yeah - those tops would've been a lighter weight, and maybe a knit - I wore them back at the start of the 80s. They're usually polyester now.

Whether a thing is velour or stretch velvet might be a moot point. Anyone know?

:) Trish