I got to thinking that maybe it would be interesting to add a bit of color. Could be good, could be really wrong. Ultimately I wanted my veil to have a bit of personality without being a personality all its own. So for a whopping $11, I came home with two yards each of three colors of 108" wide tulle plus matching thread.

I picked out a cream color tulle that matched my dress (I actually brought my dress to the store just to be sure) as well as a pale green and a light beige. My thought was that I could make a two layer veil with the colored tulle layered beneath the cream tulle.  Thankfully my mother was visiting and was able to help me visualize the whole thing. We layered and maneuvered and scrutinized our options. The green tulle will be heading straight to the fabric stash perhaps to shine at a later date as something green and tulle-like. Now the beige tulle layered under the cream tulle added just a bit of depth to the whole thing. We were on to something.
 
Time to cut. I found a general guide as to what shape I should cut the tulle here. I have a 36" x 24" cutting mat that I used along with my rotary cutter, and I think this helped me get a nice smooth cut edge. We held the tulle up to my head get an idea of how long we wanted it to be and decided that 36" would give us plenty of length, even with the material scrunched and gathered in a modest poof.
 
With this in mind, I folded my 108" tulle in half, side edge to side edge. The fold is the vertical mid-point of the veil. Looking at photo #1 the fold is located at the top of the photo. I cut a clean edge along the left margin of the tulle to tidy it up. This edge will be sewn to the comb that will hold it in my hair. To cut the curved edge along the right side in the photo (this will be the bottom of the veil) I broke the tulle up visually into thirds. The first two thirds, starting at the fold, were cut straight, creating the veil length 36" from the left edge. To cut the third section at a curve, I adjusted the tulle on my cutting mat, aligning it at the left and bottom edges of the grid, and using the ruler on the mat, freehand cut a curve starting at 18" along the bottom edge up to 18" up the right edge, photo #2.
 
And now to cut the beige liner tulle. I wanted a smaller quantity of the colored tulle, just enough to mellow out the cream, so I cut the tulle down to a width of 54" (half of the 108" width), and followed the same cutting technique. I didn't want the beige tulle to show at the bottom of the veil, so rather than a 36" length, I cut it to a 33" length. 
 
The hardest part of this whole thing was finding a hair comb. It seems as though everywhere I went there were either no hair combs or hair combs encrusted with faux jewels. I finally tracked down a basic black wire comb that looked like it would respond well to my sewing needle. This came in a two pack, and I may use two depending on the weight of the veil. (Note: ended up using one, but may secure it against my head with a bobby pin or two)
 
Once I had my tulle cut, I wanted to attach the two layers so that creating the gathering stitch would be easier to manage. I used a very simple basting stitch (photo #4) so that I could position the two layers where I wanted them to be. I centered the beige tulle over the cream tulle with the top (straight) edges lined up. I will remove this thread once I sew a stitch to gather the tulle all the way across the top, but in the meantime, it makes the two pieces behave more like one.
 
To gather the tulle across the top, I doubled my sewing thread and once again used the basting stitch to gather my material. To keep things manageable, I would cast a few stitches and gather my tulle along the way. Once the tulle was gathered, I secured the thread at both ends. Originally I thought I'd use the same length of thread to attach the tulle to the comb, but then decided if the thread broke I'd be staring at a puddle of tulle on the ground, and that might make me grumpy.
 
To secure the gathered tulle to the comb you'll need to be sure that the curve of the comb and the two layers of tulle are oriented such that once secured together, the underlayer of tulle actually ends up under the outer layer when you put the veil on. To do this I placed the comb curve down (it should act like a little see saw) pointy ends facing toward me. With the gathered edge facing me as well, I made sure the the beige tulle was underneath the cream tulle. In photo #6 the beige tulle is to the left, closest to the convex edge of the comb.
 
Once secured to the comb, adjust the tulle so that the inside of the curve of the comb is free to set against your head when in place. Photo #7.
 
Enter the embellishment. My mom found some tiny brown and cream velvet flowers in her stash of cool stuff that may be of use one day. They match the tulle and my hair, so I thought I'd attach a row along the top of the veil where the tulle meets the comb. Since they had thin wire stems, I twisted them into groups of three and then twisted two groups of three together at two points on either side of the comb to secure. 
 
All in all, this took about three hours and cost $15 (this includes all of the leftover material and thread). Now to get it to Iowa in once piece...