TUTORIAL - Make Bridal Veils - DREAMING OF BEING A BRIDE!

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you have been well!

Christmas is on its way!!

Charlotte is

DREAMING OF BECOMING A

BRIDE!

Here are 3 small tutorials for

making my EASY bridal veils!

They only take about 5 minutes!

Surely you have seen these type of

skirts. Perhaps you know someone who

has one of them. You can still buy them

from thrift stores or online very cheaply

for a few dollars!

Unfortunately I never did take a

photo of the skirt that I used to make

my bridal veils.

When I first saw my skirt I immediately

saw bridal veils!!!

The skirt was a creamy

cotton with the lace inserts that you see

on these skirts here.

There are many different styles of the

lace inserts as you can see.

With this particular skirt you can get

about 10 bridal veils out of it. This type

is wonderful because there is a tiny lace

for the hem. This cuts down on the

amount of work to be done.

Also, this skirt is about the right size for

the long bridal veils like mine.
Hmmm - my witches might
need this one!

There are not that many lace inserts on

this skirt, but I am looking for a skirt with

small inserts like this to make black veils
for my witches!

These veils would be small.

No frilly lace hem here.

This skirt has gigantic white lace inserts.
Still usable!

Also has a pretty lace hem at the bottom.

To use this style - after you cut out the

lace insert, then just cut off the top that you

do not need!

PLEASE READ MY DIRECTIONS MANY

TIMES AS SOMETIMES I MIGHT NOT

EXPLAIN THINGS RIGHT.

I do not know if the skirts you buy will look

like any those above, but they are all

similar and the directions is still the same.

These little round gold rings are used

in the making of the 1st bridal veil.

 You ask - what am I going to do

with this plastic VINTAGE fork!

You'll see!!

THE BASICS.

1. Cut away the lace insert from the rest of

the skirt. This is what it should look like.

If your lace insert has an attached bottom lace then use that

for the bottom of the veil.

There are 3 ways to make this veil:

1. One way is to cut off that

piece at the top and stitch down the lower

pieces of lace that sticks out on the ends.

2. You can leave that stitched piece there and

hem down the lace pieces.

3. You can cut off the top piece and do not

hem at all.

See how that piece of lace sticks

out from beyond the panel, stitch it down or cut it

off.

Either way is okay. I cut away the top piece to

show you.

I left the bottom lace edges there to show you that

if you want to, you can turn them to the backside

and a couple of stitches secures it in place.

If you would like you can hem all edges as in this

photo. Only a couple of stitches holds

it  all down.

CHARLOTTE IS DREAMING OF BECOMING

A BRIDE.

Charlotte is a miniature doll that I bought from

DARLING DETTA'S DOLLS.

You can find her on eBay.

I have had her

for about 3 years already.

Here she is trying on her veil.

She almost has it on her head!!
Since this posting - Charlotte has became a witch!!

#1 - BRIDAL VEIL WITH GOLD RING

1. Make sure that both sides of the veil are even

by folding in half to get the center mark. Lay

your gold ring in the middle while you get

a sewing needle threaded. I use small quilting

needles with one strand of quilting thread.

Lightly pull some of the lace up over the ring

so you can sew it down.

Second:

2. Make sure that you are sewing the lace down

correctly and that it faces the hems.

3. Start at a corner and put in your knot.

Lightly hand-stitch the lace over the gold ring.

4. When finished knot it securely and cut

off rest of the thread.

Glue or sew on flowers, beads or anything

to your liking. The choice is yours on

how you decorate the gold ring.

I happen to like it plain and simple.

#2 BRIDAL VEIL WITH HAT

This is for the cap style. For the cap I used

an ordinary plastic bottle cap.

1. I cut a piece of cream

colored knit fabric bigger than the bottle cap.

Then I placed glue all around the outside of the bottle cap

and smoothed it as evenly as I could all

around the bottle cap.

Excess fabric is cut away and then glued to

the inside to hide seams.

The back of the veil. It is so lovely, I think!

These veils can be made as elaborate or as simple

as you want to make them.

AND ALL OF MY BRIDAL VEILS ARE MADE
FROM THE SAME LACE INSERTS!

I think I have about 4 of the lace inserts left.

Here you see what the bridal veil looks like spread

open. Also the edges are not hemmed, I just folded

them in towards the inside. I did not even

stitch it down. Remember it

had a lace bottom edge already on it.

I FOUND A USE FOR THAT FORK!!!!

As you can see, all of the fabric was glued

down on the inside

and the lace glued down over it.

I cut that fork and hand sewed it to the lace

and the fabric.

NOW I HAVE A HAIR COMB THAT
REALLY DOES STICK INTO

THE DOLL'S HAIR.

(The only reason why it did not hold down

into Olivia's hair is because she had a

permanent hat on her head).

I hope that

this keeps the veil on your doll's head!

Be sure to make sure that the comb is moveable!

YOU CAN USE THIS HAIR COMB ON MANY

HATS OR VEILS!!

(SAY YOU SAW IT HERE).

#3 BRIDAL VEIL WITH A HEADBAND

Here is Ginger Rodgers!

Here are the directions on how to make this

Bridal Veil.

Am sorry that I do not have pics, but I did not

want to make another one.

1. After I cut out the lace insert. I machine

stitched lace around all the edges.

2. Measure ANY lace piece up against

your dolls head and cut the desired length.

Mine is about an inch long.

THIS BECAME A HEADBAND!

3. I gathered the middle of the lace insert

(just like I show you with the gold ring)

and I hand- stitched the lace to the inside

of the little headband.

4. Glue or hand stitch beads down on top.

5. LASTLY, hand stitch A FORK

(MY COMB) ON THE INSIDE to hold

onto her hair.

Just open up the fork and place in her hair

like you would do your own hair.

Be careful and do not break the comb!

I do hope that you like how easy it is

to make these bridal veils!

As always I hope you enjoyed this

tutorial!

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