Originally Posted by
Elisabrat
Krystyna, your veils are great, are they.. wedding veils? for church purposes? What great scarfs that would make.. I never checked out fabric like that before as I can't figure how you would sew the edges down.. I have a goes forward and backward machine. Nothing fancy. Clues would be lovely.
Elisabrat, they are used by traditional Catholics who wear them to the Latin Mass, by people visiting the Vatican (I get a lot of orders from Washington, DC, and by ceremonial organizers. Some are also used for weddings and Quinceaneros. As far as how to do the edges of the oblongs, I use a serger to make a rolled hem. I used to handroll and hand stitch, but ... takes forever. This is a purely accidental business. I never intended to become a veil maker. I used to sell at lot of vintage Catholic stuff on eBay including some old veils I found at estate sales. Customers asked for more so I eventually found a well-known veil company and got them at a discount. Unfortunately, they were not too nice so I decided to buy a sewing machine and make them myself. Then that company moved out of the country and stopped selling retail ... so I became the veil maker of choice and sell all over the world. I am perpetually behind in filling orders. The moment I think I've gotten ahead ... poof! Sold out. And my website is soooooo out of date, but no time to fix it. *sigh* One of these days.