A Guide to Beading a Wedding Veil
There are so many neat and wonderful things that you can bead, and, surprisingly enough, you can even bead a wedding veil. This is definitely a delicate project, one that is most certainly not for beginner beaders, but one that can be a lot of fun and result in a beautiful and timeless creation for the experienced beading professional.
If you are interested in beading a wedding veil yourself, and feel like you have the experience and knowledge necessary, then there is one design in particular that you should try out.
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Beading a Wedding Veil
For beading a wedding veil in this case you are going to need the following materials: white floral wire, heavy button hole thread to gather the top edge of tulle, silk flowers, pearls, beads, Velcro, fabric from dress or similar to dress, wide ribbon, batting, and plastic combs to keep the veil in place.
Now you need to find a workspace large enough that you can lay the fabric out completely flat. You can use a pattern, but if you don't want to, then you can always just fold the tulle over lengthwise, pin it together so it won't move around, and cut the bottom end off, rounding off the corners. You can leave the sides straight if you want, and the squared end will be the top of the veil.
Once you have cut the tulle accordingly, you can gather it by using a gathering stitch on the straight edge of the fabric, and then bunching the tulle together. Now you have to attach the tulle to the combs, and you can do this several different ways. You can either attach the veil directly to your crown with an adhesive, or you can attach it to a separate 4 inch comb. One of the biggest advantages to attaching it to a comb is that then once the ceremony is over and you are at the reception, you can remove the veil but leave the headpiece on.
The Beading Process
For beading a wedding veil, the best idea is to use a beading machine, as it will be less likely than you to tear the fabric, especially if you are working with tulle, lace or satin, which is typically what wedding veils are made from. By beading a wedding veil yourself, whether the veil is for you or for someone else, will make you feel proud and happy with your accomplishment.