Quote: Originally posted by bridgeywidge on 17/9/2012
The hardest part is planning the layout and make-up, to ensure you don't get stuck having a wadge of canvas to slide under the foot and cram into the archway.
That will be my problem too - just at the moment I am making a plan about in which order to sew the parts to avoid this!
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
Thanks for your enthusiasm - now I really feel the courage to start the project! I have spread the templates for the 1:10 model out on my table, so I can start cutting the fabric tomorrow as soon as I am back from work!
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
I ordered too little fabric for the canopy so had to fudge things. Take note from my mistakes and take the time - which you have done - to plan the making up.
Holding my breath for you and crossing everything.
Ooooooohhhhhh it's so exciting. The birth of a new homemade baby.
------------- Camping - emotional resilience in action, a triumph of hope over adversity and antidote to virtual reality.
Quote: Originally posted by bridgeywidge on 18/9/2012
Ooooooohhhhhh it's so exciting. The birth of a new homemade baby.
Yes, it's so exciting - and quite a long pregnancy to make sure this baby will be nice and healthy when finally born...
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
The tent will be off-white because that's the colour the tarps I will cut the pieces from have.
The fabric is a bit transparent I'm afraid - at least when it's dark outside and the light is on. So I thought of sewing a kind of roof liner plus curtains for the triangles (instead of making curtains for only the windows)from a thin polycotton fabric, which will make the tent less transparent, and also warmer - like a kind of "inner" for the whole tent.
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
Not yet the real tent - but just now taking a deep breath and starting to cut out the pieces for my 1:10 model!
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
Yes, I want to try if the construction is stable, where to put guy ropes and pegs, and in which order to sew the parts together - before I start on the big project!
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
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Topic: Homemade Tents?
