Customising your own veil?

Hollie84

Mine is 129inch long which is one below the cathedral and i paid £39 for mine new and has diamantes on it.should have been £89 from the dress shop but the lady put it into sale for me.try and go to sales as they sell them so cheap,where about are you?

Jewelleryfan

Hollie84 wrote: »

Mine is 129inch long which is one below the cathedral and i paid £39 for mine new and has diamantes on it.should have been £89 from the dress shop but the lady put it into sale for me.try and go to sales as they sell them so cheap,where about are you?

I'm in herts/essex a little village called sawbridgeworth. I have been looking in out local shops and when I have been to bigger towns but everything I have seen have been £100 or more I didn't know they di that length, I just wanted something longer than the mid finger tip length so cover part or all of my train

Poppy9

I haven't customised a veil but I did attach hotfix swarovski crystals to DD prom dress.

I bought a hot fix gun (£15) and 3 packs of crystals (£15 and had about 220 crystals).

I would have thought though the hot fix gun could ruin the net so I would try to borrow one and test it first.

Hollie84

Jewelleryfan wrote: »

I'm in herts/essex a little village called sawbridgeworth. I have been looking in out local shops and when I have been to bigger towns but everything I have seen have been £100 or more I didn't know they di that length, I just wanted something longer than the mid finger tip length so cover part or all of my train

If u fancied a day out, the shop i got my dress and veil from is having another sale at the end of this month,i got both my BM's dresses in there last sale last month for £29 each its staffordshire the shop and its a two day sale.let me know if u want anymore info,it may be to much in petrol by the time you do the round trip but thought id let u know

Mrsanders

Poppy9 wrote: »

I haven't customised a veil but I did attach hotfix swarovski crystals to DD prom dress.

I bought a hot fix gun (£15) and 3 packs of crystals (£15 and had about 220 crystals).

I would have thought though the hot fix gun could ruin the net so I would try to borrow one and test it first.

As Poppy said I wouldn't try using a glue gun, I just used a clear gel one, the one in the yellow tube but can't remember the name of it, the heat from a glue gun would melt the fabric

Jewelleryfan

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I've contacted a few people from sits like eBay for wedding items about their veils, they are still more than I want to pay but some say they will accept offers so we will see if not I'll keep my eye out for a plain one I can make myself
I'm going to my local wedding dress shop in a few weeks to see about getting the back of my dress changed to lace up so I'm going to see what they sell and try on some different veils, I also want to try my dress on with an underskirt to see if it looks better puffed out a bit