Pictures of the tent

[isabelladangelo]

Yes, It's almost finished. I just have to hem it and add some finishing touches. So, in order to figure out the exact hem, I set the tent up!

Comments

[elanurel.livejournal.com]

Those look awesome! You'll be very stylin' at Pennsic. ;-P

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I hope so. After the tent I need to refinish the camp bed, make a few front opening gowns and finish a couple more chemises....I might get it all done.

My main worry right now is that I just read about someone else using a metal frame day canopy as thier base and their tent went bye bye....I'm hoping they just didn't stake it down right.

[jauncourt.livejournal.com]

This is late, I followed you over here from the tent discussion in the catty place.
Mine is made that way, and has survived several EXCITING camping events in Ansteorra, kingdom of whirlwinds. It's staked down within an inch of my life, with double guys on each pole and a groundstake on each pole base to prevent excessive spread. Having the walls wrap around or securely tied to the poles does help.

Adding a dagging strip around the edges of the cover will help it shed rain. I cheated and used a fabric with a pattern I could follow, which helped IMMMENSELY, but you may not be as flamboyant as I am.

[gwenlianna.livejournal.com]

Also wandered from the current "discussion" of tents. Are the sides canvas? or just the roof, and is the sort of drapey look of the sides supposed to look like that? or is that because the pictures were pre-hem?

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It's all watertreated canvas. I could only get 20 yards of the green and found another 15 yards of the tan. They actually match pretty well since the green has a tan pattern in it.

The drapery look is a mix of both. You can see the "square marquees" in period at http://home.hvc.rr.com/chrisl/siege/siege.html. It's late 16th c but it shows at least a few of the tents.

[julia0925.livejournal.com]

Very cool. You are my Sewing Heroine.