Military Bride's Veil

~ Here is the story about the wedding veil from my fb entry.

I took the last stitch on a wedding veil about a half hour ago. A girl in the military called to see if the Hut sold veils. I said no, but we sell everything you need and I can teach you how to make one. 

When she asked for names of seamstresses and told me she was leaving for Germany on Saturday (less than 48 hours later) I doubted her chances of finding a seamstress to do the rush job, and I told her I would. Thankfully Friday is my day off, because I'm slow.

The pretty lace trim she chose required two lines of stitching to hold it in place. I also decorated the comb on both sides.

Now, here are pictures as requested both face to face and facebook ~

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Blusher portion at bottom of picture
Black shape is our young cat touching it

Gathered onto comb with blusher at bottom

Little lace bit at back of comb

Lace along front of comb

Here are more details ~

She wanted her hair styled in an updo with the veil placed under it on the back of her head. She also wanted a blusher. I measured. The blusher needed to be approximately 24" long and the veil hanging down her back 27" long. 

I cut the veil in a typical fat oval shape and then modified it for the blusher. In order for the blusher to fall into a graceful curve with the veil placed that far back, the veil was cut into an unusual shape. The first picture shows how blusher curves in the front across the face, the curve flattens out, then becomes a sharp curve again near the back of the head. The second picture shows the difference between the shape as the veil is gathered into the comb; the smooth line of the veil and the tight curve at back of the blusher.

I placed a little bit of lace on the back of the comb where it will show when the blusher is in position over her face.

The pictures I took holding the blusher up as it might look on her head were fuzzy. She has promised to send me pictures and I will post them.

She picked it up 9:00am Saturday morning before flying out that afternoon. She was thrilled with it.