HBC 2" Velvet Ribbon 329 Cobalt Blue - 5 Yards

I ordered this gray ribbon for a Christmas design project, to hang mixed pine wreaths on several exterior doors. The color is soft & beautiful, my clients & I loved it. I’m very particular & this was one of my favorite purchases on Amazon. Perfect color, nice width, great value.

Product what I needed

Exactly what I was looking for & I finally found it. This ribbon is NOT wired.

This ribbon is the most wonderful color. Amazing product!

I received the product quickly to my mail box. I bought two rolls for 10 yards total. When I took off the cellophane wrap I could see that the ribbon had a white (!) cloth backing and the nap of the velvet is a bubble gum pink and not the dusty rose depicted. The "velvet" is nothing like woven velvet of the quality you want to use for fabric sewing of any kind from dust covers, slip covers, to hair accessories and garments such as hats or dresses. Real velvet ribbon is going to be soft and floppy. This was clearly intended for gift wrapping purposes imho, as stiff as could be. I asked the seller about use for some slip covers so this was disappointing. Further, you really cannot 'tie' this ribbon, only use it flat: if using for gift wrap. Returning. The seller had me print a return label for postage paid shipping back via USPS for the mailman to pick up and that seems really convenient. I will update as to how the return/refund process goes with this seller.UPDATE: The seller did issue my refund. One extra star for that but this is not the quality ribbon that a real seamstress expects for sewing with fabrics for use in clothing or home decor items. Look at how stiff the bow is that another reviewer showed when used as gift wrap. It looked okay but I would not personally use it for gift wrap since you will only get a stiff bow.

I dislike the product

I purchase several colors of this same ribbon at christmas and it was exactly what I wanted, very nice quality and soft. I did not want stiff ribbon like most of what is out there that is affordable for bow making, I wanted floppy and this is what that is. Perfect color selections for my chirstmas decor. I got red, taupe, blue and sage green.