Abstract: There is disclosed herein in a preferred embodiment a fibrous body which includes at least two layers of strands of continuous filaments and binder particles in each layer. One of the layers has filaments of the strands therein at least partially dispersed to form a mesh size which entraps binder particles therein which have a mesh size larger than the mesh size of the dispersed filament layer, as well as smaller size particles lodged at intersections and crossovers. Another lever has strands which form a mesh size which do not necessarily entrap binder particles but may retain particles therein at interstices of strands. The fibrous body has a binder content in the dispersed filament layer which is larger per unit volume than the binder content in the other layer. There is also disclosed a method for producing a fibrous body having variable mesh sizes or characteristics by selectively filamentizing strands or a layer of strands already in place in a mat-like collection of strands.