Can someone help me embroider my wedding veil?

Question

Hi! I'm getting married next year and I am embroidering my own veil. I have already bought the style I want with a silk border, and I want to embroider the border and possibly some of the inside with stars and other shapes.

Can someone help me with this? I need a pattern to follow, if there even is such a thing with this type of sewing ... I already do cross-stitching a lot and am familiar with it, so if you can help me with this, it would greatly reduce my chances of ruining my veil, lol.

Any expert help would be appreciated. Please provide email or IM information so I can ask you questions later!

Answer 1

There are 2 things that you can do: cross stitch a decorative border (flowers, etc.) or do actual embroidery. If you want to cross stitch it, buy waste canvas (available at needlework shops and possibly at places like Michaels). If you're not familiar with how to use waste canvas, it's pretty straightforward. You baste the waste canvas (available in different counts) right onto your fabric and this gives you an aida-type surface to do your cross stitching. When you're done, use a spray bottle of water to dampen the waste canvas threads and soften the glue. You then pull away the waste canvas threads with tweezers and you're left with just your stitched design. Get a leaflet on borders if you're thinking of going this route. To do hand embroidery, you'll need to find a border pattern you like. Trace it on paper. Lay your veil over the tracing and trace it again onto the fabric using a light pencil. Be sure and stitch over the pencil outlines! You might need to use a lightbox to trace the design onto the fabric. Good luck, this is an ambitious project!

Answer 2

You are going to need to practice hand embroidery before doing your veil. Try looking in your library for patterns and how to do. It is different than cross stitching.

Embroider the silk border before you sew it to the veil. If you do make a mistake you just need to cut more silk, not take it off the veil