I hope everyone enjoyed a happy 4th of July!
Now that you have your PVC frame constructed, we can move on to the next step – gathering your fabrics and making the cuts.
Fabric requirements:
All fabrics are 60″ wide with the exception of the Swiss dot floral on the curtains. Â If you choose fabrics which aren’t as wide or are directional, you may need additional yardage.
Walls: duck cloth cotton canvas – 5 yards. Â If you don’t want to piece the rectangles in the front then you’d need an additional 3/4 of a yard.
Roof: reusable shopping bag fabric – 2 1/3 yards
Awnings: home decor fabric – 1 1/4 yards
Curtains: lightweight cotton – 1 yard
Window trims: double fold bias tape – 2- 3 yard packages twill tape or cotton webbing – 3 yards
Main cuts:
Side walls: two cuts 47″ x 60″(full width)
Back wall: 78″ x 60″ then fold the fabric in half lengthwise and cut 45″ angle to the peak
Front peak: sew the two cutoffs from the back wall together.
Press the seam open and then tuck the raw edges into the seam and stitch down close to each edge.
Front awning: 14″ x 60″
Side awnings: 2 cuts 16″ x 32″
Curtains: 4 cuts 18″ x 22.5″ (1 yard quartered)
Next up is how to make the windows including how to make the mitered corners for the square bindings and sewing and installing the curtains and awnings.
Did you post the rest of the instructions for making the tent. I thought it looked like sides were sewn together but closer look shows legs. How are they attached. Are there other instructions I’m missing
I thought I had gone back and linked all the tutorials in each of the sections, but it looks like I only ever linked to the previous ones. I’ve now gone in and done so. I didn’t sew the side walls together because I wanted the option of folding up one or more sides for air flow on hot days. There is enough overlap to sew them together if you wish, and then use a flat-felled seam to finish the seam.
Oh I just might have to do this one !!! SO CUTE !!! What is Shopping bag fabric and is there a FULL tutorial ?
How did you work out where to cut the holes for the windows? Are the sides all open? Trying to make one, but can’t get all the same type of pvc joints here so will email photos of our modified one when done. 🙂