DIY Alencon Lace Veil
The DIY veil project set-up, in progress.

After hemming and hawing about what to put on my head for the ceremony, I finally decided on making a two-tier cathedral Alencon lace DIY veil for the wedding. Here?s how it became a thing.
CUTTING THE TULLE
You?re supposed to use the stronger and more expensive embroidery tulle, but I used the cheap stuff. About a dollar per yard. Granted, I did have to cut two different veils in the end since the first one ripped (again, cheap stuff). Another thing is, you have to use 108" wide tulle for the cathedral veil, otherwise it will look like you?re dragging a ribbon around like a Russian rhythmic gymnast.

For a two-tier drop veil, which is smooth and continuous from end to end, you have to add up the length that will hang from the back, as well as the length that you want in front of your face. Cathedral veils usually extend 120 inches from where they?re pinned on the head. To get the front to reach my fingertips (very spooky and dramatic), I had to add another 40 inches to that measurement, for 160 inches total. Random fun fact: On average it takes a three-toed sloth a whole minute to move that exact distance on the ground. Sure, sloths are slow, but wrangling that length of veil in our home was just as painstaking, to say the least. I have a small apartment to work in. Hardly a cathedral space, more like a broom closet in a chapel. Even though our one-bedroom does have a little extra parlor which I use as m...