Chapel veils can be expensive but they are really not hard to make.
- Buy about 1/4 yard of very movable, flowing lace, be careful not to get the stiff lace.
- Buy about 3 to 3 1/2 yards of lace trim matching your lace.
- Cut your lace into a triangle or curved triangular shape.
- You can measure from your forehead to the middle back of your neck or even to the middle of your back to see how long you’d like your veil. (I like my veils long so I dipped down into the middle of the back.) This would be the longest point and help you buy the correct size of lace.
- Now, just hand stitch the trim lace around the edge of your lace.
- This takes time to hand stitch but it’s pretty relaxing. I like to use an overlock hand stitch with this lace. Here’s a video for that stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=havk0m4bBlw&t=16s
Customize the lace to whatever length you like, left over lace can be used to wrap gifts, or for children to make them veils as well.
