Any advice on making a headpiece?
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It’s not hard at all; There are patterns and craft books with easy instructions in most fabric stores. Materials are not very expensive, so you can afford to try, and try again! Good Luck The Veil Lady – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi! This is my first time posting, so please do forgive me if this has been covered. I am interested in making my own headpiece, and I was wondering how hard it is. I’ve done some sewing (but never made a veil before!) Can anyone recommend any tips, or books? I’m looking to do something fairly simple. Thanks for the help! Amy (& Paul) January 4,1997 (I like to plan ahead!)
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What kind of headpiece are you thinking of? I bought a fabric covered form & hand stiched silk flowers & pearl picks onto it–I sewed on a barrette underneath the form to attach it to my hair. A friend covered a headband the same way, and another made a wire circle to which she wired silk flowers (worn like a wreath, with a pouf in the back). I’ve also seen patterns to make fabric or lace bows as headpieces. I would try on several different styles with your dress and try to re-create the one you like best. My advice is to be careful if you are using velcro to attach the netting to the actual headpiece. One of the sides (the stiffer one, I think) sticks to the netting & snags it. We borrowed the veil of a friend’s sister to see how the edges were finished, & almost gave ourselves a stroke trying to untangle the velcro from the veil without tearing a hole in it! Attach the softer side of the velcro to the veil & the stiffer side (try it out & you should be able to tell which side sticks) to the headpiece. There are several patterns available in fabric stores that describe different ways to finish the edges of veils (and how to make poufs), but the easiest is to hot glue a thin piece of ribbon to the edge–a friend did this & it looked great! I’m also told that model airplane glue works well for attaching seed pearls to the netting, since hot glue can sometimes melt the pearls. MJ (who comes from a long line of glue gun toting women) Mary Jane N. Shroyer "Next week there can’t be any crisis. Dept. of Microbiology My schedule is already full." Oregon State University –Henry Kissinger
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Re: Any advice on making a headpiece? My mom is very "crafty," so she volunteered to make my headpiece. She just finished it and mailed it to me, and it is beautiful. It only took her a few days and about $20 worth of materials. You don’t need any sewing experience. It’s a pretty simple style, but I would definitely encourage anyone with any sort of craft inclination to do the same. Sure beats paying $150-200 for something cheaply made at the bridal store. Gaelen (& Stacy) **July 12, 1996** **in beautiful malibu, ca**
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: Hi! This is my first time posting, so please do forgive me if this has : been covered. I am interested in making my own headpiece, and I was : wondering how hard it is. I’ve done some sewing (but never made a veil : before!) Can anyone recommend any tips, or books? I’m looking to do : something fairly simple. Thanks for the help! : Amy (& Paul) January 4,1997 (I like to plan ahead!) I had no idea either so I bought a Vogue pattern and extra fabric and other materials. In retrospect, I didn’t really need the pattern, but it gave me some ideas. I suggest you don’t think about it too much, but start playing with it. Start out saying to yourself that you’re going to make a couple and use the one you like best. Have fun!
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Hi! This is my first time posting, so please do forgive me if this has been covered. I am interested in making my own headpiece, and I was wondering how hard it is. I’ve done some sewing (but never made a veil before!) Can anyone recommend any tips, or books? I’m looking to do something fairly simple. Thanks for the help! Amy (& Paul) January 4,1997 (I like to plan ahead!)
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[snip] : corners so that they are gently rounded. Across the top you gather the fabric : tightly and sew it to your headpiece. My rectangle was four layers of tulle, : 52" across, and about 3 1/2 feet long because I wanted a fingertip-lenth veil. : (I ommitted the ever-popular blusher, as well as the pouf that many brides : wear at the back of upswept hair.) : [snip] : gather the fabric since I don’t own a sewing machine. I just threaded a : needle, and worked my way across the top of my rectangle in small zigzag : stitches, gathering the fabric and pulling out stickpins as I went. It was : quite easy and I was so proud of the results of my improvised efforts! The : finished veil photographed beautifully! GOOD LUCK! I made my own veil as well. I wanted a tiara style that coordinated with my dress and didn’t have things sticking out all over, so I bought a frame and covered it with satin, over which I sewed on organza which I had embroidered to match the lace on my gown, with some beads too. For the veil part, I wanted a fingertip length and a blusher (no pouf). I made my rectangle about 5.5′ long, and 3.5′ into it I loosely sewed across it. I didn’t have a sewing machine either, so I threaded a needle and made straight stitches that went in or out every centimeter or so. The different part is that instead of attaching the veil to the headpiece, I sewed it to a couple of clear plastic hair combs that you can buy for less than 50 cents each. With the hair combs, I could put the veil in my hair anywhere, and for the reception I could remove the veil but keep the headpiece. I got a lot of great comments on it. All the materials cost me about $50. Jeanne Petrangelo — <^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^<^ <^ Jeanne Petrangelo, graduated EE| "EE’s are intelligent, really. They’re just Worcester Polytechnic Institute| CS department, WPI <_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_ <_
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