How To Make Your Own Hair Fascinator With Bird Cage Veil For Your Wedding
The good news is you don't need to double it like you would with general hand sewing. You will only need to thread it through the needle and leave a tail hanging as you do in embrodiery. Be sure and cut a long enough piece of thread to go all the way around the edge of the netting, except the bottom edge. Knot one end of your thread and start in the bottom left corner of your netting.
Sewing like you would with hand sewing, go up through the little boxes that are in each corner of the triangles of your netting. Go up through the very middle of the box, so that if any breakage of those fine little threads occurs within the box, your thread will still be encased within the center of the box.
Skip to every other box as you sew. You don't need to do every box or your veil will too hard to gather. Keep close to the edge of your netting as you sew, but not so close you are trying to sew through one of the boxes that you cut through when you were making your triangles. Work your way up the left side, diagonally across the angle you cut, across the finished upper edge, down across the angle you cut on the right side, and down the right side to the lower right hand corner.
Pull the needle off of your thread and leave a long tail of thread hanging down. Grab your knot you made in the lower left hand corner and the thread you left on the right lower hand corner and very carefully pull. You'll immediately see the shape of the pouf start to form. Keep pulling and adjusting the gather until your pouf is the size you want it to be.
You can actually try it on holding the ends of the threads and adjust to the way you want it to look. Once you have it looking the way you want it, tie the two ends together tightly. You will need a small comb with fine teeth for the last step of making your bird cage veil. You can find them at any beauty supply store or sometimes at stores like Wal-Mart or Target.
Place the comb up on the inside of your veil where you have tied off the gathers. You will want to place the comb so the curved side is against your head. You now have your finished bird cage veil! This makes it extremely versatile and easy to wear for your wedding, since you can wear the veil and fascinator during the wedding and take the veil off during the reception. And the great part is, you did it yourself and didn't pay an arm and a leg to a bridal shop or to a milliner to do it for you!
This helps to keep the cuts even. Use your safety gear! This not only affects safety but could make a mess of your job. Give yourself plenty of room. This is one of the best uses for it. This will make your strips not only uniform one to the next but also make them smooth and easier to use with your table router.
After finding the proper Bit or Bits for the job, you will need to set up your router with the Bits and make some trial and error passes to find the right combination of Height and depth settings. Make sure router is OFF, Unplug your router, and remove the Safety Key from the switch. Take your sample piece that you are trying to duplicate and hold it next to the bit as you raise and lower the router to match it to the piece.
When that is exactly matched up, Tighten the screws that lock your routers position into place. Router Passes. Make your first pass with the face cut. If you are making a molding with more than one face cuts, do all simular cuts at the same time while you have the bit set up for it. Do not try to make one piece of molding completely when you need several.. Do all of the first cuts then change the bit.. Your next obstacle will be the depth of pass which is determined by the adjustment of your Rip Fence.
