Ugh god, velvet and velveteen, not sure if there's anything worse.  I made a floor-length black velvet cape in high school (because I was goth like that, lol) and I'm pretty sure I still have some of the pins from the two or three extra packages I had to buy to tack the seams down and keep the whole thing from shifting on the pile, shudder.  I actually have a low-pile velveteen in my to-make pile, but maybe not until after I've worked with some easier fabrics again, hehe.