The wedding dress presented in the article is very easy to sew. It is also not difficult to decorate a car, sew a veil, choosing one of the many models shown. A wedding is a pleasant but rather expensive event. To significantly reduce costs, you can do many things for this day with your own hands. It is not difficult to create accessories for decorating a car, to make a veil with your own hands. Those who know how to sew will create an outfit for the bride.
How to make a veil with your own hands?
You can create it with fabrics that look great without frizz, so they are perfect even for beginners. To make a beautiful bridal veil, you will need:
- a rectangle of white mesh measuring 20 by 30 cm;
- 30 cm of white tape;
- white threads;
- needle;
- for a flower template;
- scissors;
- crocodile hairpin or metal comb.
Use a clip that matches your hair color or sheer. The same goes for the scallop. But if there are no such devices, then invisibility can be used.
To create a miniature bride veil, start creating this head ornament from the next step. Step 3 cm away from the long edge and secure the thread with a needle here. You need to do this carefully so that the thread does not jump out. Now sew a few stitches along this edge.
Tighten the thread so that this part of the veil is in the gather. Secure this bun and tie a couple of knots at the end of the thread.
If you are using a scallop, then sew on the back of the assembly you just made.
Now you need to take the tape and find its center, put the veil on this middle and bend the tape from 1 and 2 sides to the center. Lock in this position using a needle and thread.
Now you need a small piece of ribbon. It needs to be pressed with a hair clip.
Take the blank of the veil from the mesh and place it on the tape that is attached to the hairpin. Sew here.
If you want to decorate the veil with flowers, then cut out several blanks of different sizes from the fabric for this. Lay them on top of each other, starting with small and ending with large.
Now collect all the petals by stitching them in the center.
You can also decorate the veil with beads, lace, use other fabric flowers. You have a beautiful miniature veil. If you want it to have a classic length, then you can make it in a different pattern. Take a square and fold it down a little. Collect the resulting bend on a thread with a needle, sew decorative elements here.
The next photo shows how the bridal veil is created according to the second scheme. To do this, you must first draw a rectangle of the required size, and then use scissors to make its corners round. Bend the upper tier and collect it along the markings of the dark line. You can decorate the place of inflection with beautiful letters.
The photo demonstrates how the next veil of the bride is made.
As you can see from it, you first need to cut out a circle from a suitable material, then another one in the center. You will get a kind of ring. It is necessary to bend it, but not in half, but so that the upper tier is shorter than the lower one. Lock in the inner circle, where the outline is darker. You can make a similar veil, but in one layer. If you want to take a circle as a basis, then it is also bent, and then fixed in this position with a thread and a needle.
If you want a fluffy veil, then make it on the basis of an oval. Bend it lengthwise, fix the tiers with a thread and a needle.
It is quite possible to sew a veil on your hands, without using a typewriter. Sew a hairpin or comb to the assembly area.
You can additionally fix the bride's veil with a wreath of artificial and natural flowers. To make things easier, use a wire headband. As you can see, making a bride's veil is not difficult at all. Often this does not even require a sewing machine; you can create accessories for the outfit of the spouse. Having saved on this cost item, you can try to significantly reduce another one.
How to decorate a car for a wedding?
For such a decor, you can use inexpensive tulle, and you can also save on this. You will make flowers with your own hands.
To do this, take:
- 2 m tulle;
- green ribbon;
- artificial flowers;
- glue gun;
- 2 m of linen gum;
- scissors.
Take a piece of tulle measuring 25 by 200 cm. From the elastic you will need 30 cm pieces. Tie these pieces in the middle and on the edges of the tulle.
Cut the green ribbon into 40 cm pieces. You will need 8 pieces. Measure the same intervals on a strip of tulle and tie these ribbons here. Use a glue gun to glue the fabric flowers or sew them on. To curl the ends of the green ribbons, go over them with the closed ends of the scissors.
Speaking about how to decorate a car for a wedding, it should be noted how to decorate the handles of a car. Why will you need to cook 4 segments:
- linen gum 30 cm long;
- tulle, 50 by 25 cm;
- pink ribbons by the meter;
- green ribbons 80 cm long.
You can collect the tulle strips in the form of an accordion and tie with an elastic band in the center. And if you want to use the second method, then make a blank like a fan. To do this, the tulle needs to be assembled on one side, sewn on the two sides of the fabric, and tie the end with an elastic band.
Glue fabric flowers to this part. Now you need to secure the decoration by taking the elastic bands. Tie them in three knots, securing them to the hood fasteners.
And you can decorate the car with your own hands in a different way. Cylinders in the form of a female and male headdress, symbolizing the bride and groom, look very impressive.
To make these cylinders, you will need:
- sheets of cardboard or whatman paper;
- scissors;
- tape, glue or stapler;
- tulle;
- satin ribbons;
- fabric for the cover;
- magnets to then attach the hats to the car.
Cut in a large circle that will become the brim of the hat - womens and mens. Turn them into a ring. You will also need one circle, but a smaller one, which will become the bottom of the headdress. Remember what the diameter of the bottom of the hat is, this is the size you should have the width of the rectangle. Leave a little allowance to glue this piece into a tube.
As you can see in the photo, this piece should be high enough to be cut into wide strips, which are then wrapped around the bottom of the hat. So the fastening of these parts will be more reliable. Glue them together using your chosen sticky material. In the same way, attach the base of the cylinder to its margins. Cover the hats with a cloth of the appropriate color. Decorate the men's with a satin ribbon, and the women's with tulle and natural or artificial flowers.
Attach the hats to the top of the car using magnets. To do this, they must be glued in advance to the lower margins of the cylinders, and only then decorate those with fabric.
One male top hat can be attached and decorate the dark car with white ribbons and light colors. Of course, this will be the groom's car. Order a sign with this word in advance or make it out of cardboard, and create letters and decorations in the form of hearts and flowers using a stencil.
And the car for the bride can be decorated with picturesque flowers and tulle.
Don't forget to decorate not only the front of the car, but also the back. Such a luxurious bouquet will fit perfectly.
If you want to use fresh flowers, then you need to take care in advance so that they do not wilted. Bright petals look beautiful against the backdrop of greenery.
To prevent the flowers from wilting, pre-moistened sponges must be fixed on their stems, or the plants can be treated with special agents that prevent preliminary wilting. Using these tips, you can also decorate your car's handle. Then the car will look great from all sides and it will become clear that this is a newlywed car.
You can save a lot if you buy substandard flowers with broken stems from sellers. Take the tops of these colors and glue or sew them to the gathered ribbons in a circle. Then these blanks decorate the hood of the car.
By tradition, dolls can also be found here. Previously, they need to be dressed appropriately, sew the bride's outfit in a reduced copy.
The dolls sit on the hood, which is decorated with flowers. See how to make a garland like this. You will need:
- artificial flowers;
- twigs or green leaves;
- satin ribbons;
- ears of cereals;
- thick cardboard;
- chiffon or tulle;
- plastic rings;
- organza;
- scotch tape or adhesive tape.
If the wedding takes place in the fall, then artificial maple leaves of a yellow and red hue, such as chrysanthemums, roses of this color, will be appropriate. Crocuses, artificial tulips, daffodils are suitable for spring, and lilies, roses, wildflowers will decorate the summer composition.
Cut out a piece of cardboard of the shape you need, cover it with a cloth and secure it on the back with glue or double-sided tape. In the middle of this base, there should be larger flowers, and around them - smaller specimens. Fill the empty spaces with green leaves, spikelets.
If you want to decorate the hood of the car with boutonnieres, fix these decorative elements well. Then you need to sew on the elastic bands, and they have already been attached under the hood of the car.
You can decorate the car with a rag doll. This decor looks very touching.
If you decide to buy a doll for the hood, then there will already be fasteners in the form of magnetic or vacuum suction cups on this one. If you made it yourself, then provide for such fasteners. Instead of a doll, you can use teddy bears. They are dressed up in wedding dresses and suits. The toys will become the prototype of the bride and groom.
The next piece of decoration for the car can also be made by yourself. Swans look very beautiful on a wedding car.
To craft these, take:
- penoplex with a thickness of 2, 5 and 5 mm;
- thick paper;
- corrugated paper or white fabric;
- scissors;
- black, white, red acrylic paints;
- pencil;
- stationery knife;
- glue gun;
- a nail file or fine sandpaper;
- black beads;
- polymer clay.
Adhere to the following manufacturing instructions:
- Draw a swan pattern consisting of a neck and a head on the paper. Make the neck and head of a bird from 0.5 cm thick foam. And her body needs to be cut out of penoplex with a thickness of 2.5 mm.
- Place this oval on a work surface and coat the top of this blank with hot glue gun silicone. Also grease the part of the swan's neck with this warm mass to glue it to the oval body. When the glue dries, sand the blank with sandpaper so that the future swan is smooth.
- Use a utility knife to cut through the hole for the eyes. Cut out a couple of parts from the penoplex that need to be glued on the sides of the neck. Then the junction of the torso with the body will be more even.
- Take polymer clay and lubricate the bird's neck with it once at first. When this layer is dry, apply a second one. When it dries up, it should be covered with a third layer of clay. When this mass is completely dry, draw the beak and eyes with a pencil and paint the neck white, the eyes black, and the beak red.
- Glue black beads in place of the eyes. Fold the pieces of white linen with an accordion and stitch them together. Instead of fabric, you can take corrugated paper and glue its fragments to the bird's body.
The decoration of a wedding car looks very original with such bright lips.
They can be sewn from soft scarlet fabric such as fleece and filled with filler. Then an uneven stitching is made in the center so that it allows you to visually separate the upper lip from the lower lip. You can attach these lips to the numbers using ribbons or elastic bands.
The decor of the car with the use of airy tulle and flowers looks beautiful. You can position a canvas of this material obliquely under the hood of the car, attaching flowers diagonally.
Check out two more options for decorating the car with flowers and fabric.
Balloons are also great for this purpose. Only a few pieces can be used by attaching them to ribbons.
If you want, make a heart out of small balls. To do this, you need to use one or two colors.
If you decide to decorate the car with balloons, make sure that they do not interfere with the driver while driving. Use materials in a color that will blend in with the overall decor of your wedding.
The bride's dress has a special place. If you do not have sufficient financial resources, it is not at all necessary to buy a very expensive dress for just one day. If you are skilled at sewing, try creating it yourself. Then it will fit perfectly on your figure and is made to your taste.
How to sew a wedding dress yourself?
For the next dress, the bride-to-be chose a pattern and model from Burda magazine.
Here, this evening dress is made of blue guipure. You can use such a model, but the bride did not want to sew a dress with a train, so she made adjustments to the pattern and made the outfit shorter. This is what the pattern of the front and back has become.
Lace fabric was chosen for the outfit, and so that it does not shine through, it is necessary to make a lining of white linen.
The side seams must be made with a French seam. To do this, the parts to be sewn must be folded with the wrong sides to each other. Then sew, stepping back from the edge by 0.5 cm. Now these allowances are ironed and wasted already on the seamy side at a distance of 0.7 cm from the edge.
It is necessary to arrange and darts. See how they look on the seamy side and front side.
And this is how a neat French seam looks.
In order for the dress to fit perfectly on the figure, you need to periodically try it on. Now is the moment. Put on an outfit, go to the mirror and see if something needs to be corrected at this stage.
If so, then proceed to the next stage of work. To make the product look more festive and elegant, make the sleeves without lining. Cut them out and grind each one. If there are darts on the sleeves, they must be done.
Trim the neckline with a bias tape. Decorate the bottom of the product by sewing wavy lace here or hemming the existing ones from the main fabric.
Now you can put on the veil and go to meet the groom.
This is how you can sew a wedding dress with your own hands, make a veil, decoration for a car.
If you want to see how others do it, check out the following video plot. In just 5 minutes you will do the following car decor.
How to make a veil, spending little time on it, is described in the second video review.
