Create Your Own Wedding Gown Veil

Budgeting for a wedding gown is probably something that you should do. However, if you have ever helped a friend or relative shop for a wedding gown you would know how easy it is to cross the budget that you have set for yourself in such cases. Sometimes it makes sense to go ahead and purchase the wedding gown that you like and yet stay within your budget. You can do so by creating your own veil for the wedding dress.

While the price of a wedding gown still seems to be worth the amount, the accessories are the ones that seem extremely expensive. The price of the wedding gown veil, wedding bouquet and other necessary items can almost shock you. Not only does creating a wedding gown veil help you in the overall budget, it is something that you can do to add that personal touch to your special day.

You don't need to be an expert designer to create a wedding dress veil. All you need to do is to take the help of some dress design computer software. Sometimes you can get ideas for a wedding gown veil that goers well with the wedding gown you have chosen just by surfing the wedding dress magazines or looking through some designs on the Internet.

To actually start the process of making the wedding gown veil, you need to first decide on a pattern. If you have ordered your wedding gown, you need to make sure that you decide the pattern keeping the wedding gown in mind. You can always look at the wedding gown veil intended along with the wedding gown that you are buying and decide to make something similar. You will need the following material to create you own wedding veil.

- Tulle - It is important to match the tulle to the wedding gown. Even if you are opting for a traditional while wedding gown, you will be surprised to see that there are many shades of even white. Expensive tulle is softer and less starchy.
- Cord edging (plain, pencil or satin)
- Embroidered appliqués
- Rhinestones, bugle beads, sequins, crystals or pearls Here are some tips that will help you get going.

- Decide the length of the veil that you want to create. Veil lengths vary from shoulder length (blusher) to those that touch the floor (cathedral). If you want the veil to touch the floor keep it short so that it just spreads behind you at the altar. Be practical and avoid long trailed veils like the ones that you see in movies like The Sound of Music.
- A veil can be attached to a headband or a comb. Both these are easily available at bridal stores or even stores that sell sewing and dressmaking materials.
- Depending upon the length of the veil you will need adequate working space so that the material can be laid out flat. Choose a clean space for working to ensure that you do not need to get the wedding gown veil dry cleaned before the wedding.
- Cut the tulle according to the pattern. Even if you are not using a pattern, all you need to so is to fold the tulle over lengthwise, pin it so that it does not move around and cut the bottom end and round off the corners.
- Gather the tulle with the gathering stitch on the straight edge of the fabric and attach to a comb.
- Decorate the body of the veil by sewing or gluing small pearls, rhinestones or crystals.
- You can also add rhinestone trim, pearl buttons or silk flowers along the neckline.

So go ahead and make your own wedding veil. But keep in mind that the veil is not so attractive so as to take attention away from the wedding dress, tiara or jewelry. A heavily decorated veil can easily overshadow a dainty tiara or even the ornamentations of the wedding gown.