“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” Napoleon Bonaparte While I have never sat upon a throne of any sort, covered in velvet or not, I have been obsessed with the luxurious fabric that makes a bench a throne for as long as I can remember. In fact, velvet is probably the first fabric that I differentiated from all other fabrics at a very young age. I remember my mother surprised me for Christmas when I was 12 with a handmade quilt that she made for me out of dark emerald green velvet. The quilt backing was constructed from shiny gold satin and the whole blanket felt amazing…