Published by admin on 16 Apr 2008 at 02:40 am
How to make a wedding veil
Every bride wishes to look just like a princess on the most special day of her life which the wedding day. The wedding veil is an essential part of the wedding ceremony. As veil is a vital part bride’s attire, it should be selected very carefully. Beautiful wedding veils can be quite expensive at times. However, you can make an elegant bridal veil using your own creativity and avoid paying hundreds of dollars to purchase the wedding veils. Making beautiful and intricate wedding veils is not at all a difficult task.
When you are thinking about how to make a wedding veil, first of all you have to collect wedding veil supplies. You will require needle and threads to match tulle and ending, button hole thread, white or clear headband, Velcro, batting, clear plastic hair combs, floral wire in white, white tulle, hot glue gun, toothpicks for detail work and adornments like pearls, beads, rhinestone and crystals.
Before you start making your wedding veil, first decide shape, style, edging, length and embellishments of your veil. Plain, single-tire veil connected with a comb is the simplest type of wedding veil. If you want to make it more decorative, you may require a bit skill. To get the exact shape of your veil, experiment with pattern, tracing or tissue paper.
First, lay the tulle on the flat surface and fold it half. Decide the length of your veil. Draw a curved shape of bottom of the veil using a chalk and then trim with fabric shears. Now unfold the tulle and collect the top of the veil or straight edge. You will need thick thread and running stitch across the top of tulle. Push the tulle together to create folds. Smaller top of the veil is attached to the headpiece. Then attach the folded end of tulle to the headband using hot glue gun. Then attach the adornments like lace or satin ribbon, pearls, miniature silk flowers or stones to the headband using hot glue.
Learn how to make a wedding veil and create your own beautiful, inexpensive wedding veils using your own imagination.
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