you can find a wonderful selection of 100% cotton corduroy fabrics from fabric.com; they have everything from pin-wale (like the smooth corduroy you used) up to heavy wale(12) the great things about using corduroy is i have not had any color run issues or shrinkage. it washes up well and is made to last!
Originally Posted by quiltbugs
Question about corduroy: I had some corduroy that I bought a really long time ago that had no "wale" at all...in other words, it was just smooth, almost like a velvety texture on top. Does anybody know what that material was called? I backed a quilt with it, and it was just great. It was almost like a real heavy flannel. The fabric was 60" wide, and I would love to get some more, if they still make such a thing.