How To Make a Birdcage Veil

A veil is a piece of clothing worn almost entirely by women that is intended to cover some part of the head or face during their wedding ceremony. One type of wedding veil is the birdcage veil. Typically, it is a very short veil which might cover the jaw, nose or eyes. Each level is acceptable as a traditional veil and generally, the veils are fashioned from French netting. Birdcage veils have been fashion icons for a long time and are still considered stylish for weddings.

There are two types of birdcage veils. One looks like an actual bird cage, a cylinder of netting over the face. The other kind of bird cage veil is called a visor veil where four sides meld around the face. For some reason, this visor type is more popular for outdoor weddings such as you see at beach weddings or garden and backyard ceremonies. Because of the veils long standing traditions, both designs go very well with vintage wedding dresses because they complete the overall classy appearance of the ensemble.
If you want to save yet still have that elegant wedding veil for your wedding, here’s a simple and easy to make birdcage veil.

How to Make Birdcage Wedding Veil:

1.Cut the 36 inches by 9 inches net (you can use French or Russian net fabric), you may choose tulle with medium to large holes. Cut the netting shorter for a veil that lies nearer to your head with less gathers. But if you are not certain with the cutting of shorter net, make a long cut initially. Then gradually adjust the size to smaller one if the veil is too full.

2.Then, seam the teeth headed for the top of the veil in order that the closed clips can locked it at the top or at surfaces of your hair.

3.The clip should bent against your head when you wore it making the metal bar face outwardly but beneath the veil.

4.By means of a slip knot, tie the thread at the last part of the cut border away from the clip.

5.Interlace the thread in and out of the diamond lines along the cut border then thread it through the gap in the clip.

6.Draw the thread firmly so the whole cut border is assembled next to the clip.

7.Locked to the bottom of the clip so the thread will be concealed when you are wearing the veil.

This trendy style birdcage wedding veil is so chic that you can use either for a vintage wedding or as a hair accessory to your modern wedding.