The Making of My New Tent - More Canvas

I ordered another 12' x 15' tarp ($35.79 + $16.82 S&H) and had to make another trip to the laundromat ($4.50 - washer; dried outside).

The Making of My New Tent - What Was 'Building a Regency Pavillion'

When I originally decided to build my tent I had designed a regency pavilion. (See drawings below.) But after gathering all my supplies and getting down to the actual cutting of canvas I just couldn't make the cut of the corner gores. Seriously.

I went home that night after A&S and started giving considerable thought to why I was having trouble with making that particular cut in the fabric. After several days of rolling it over in my mind I realized that the problem lay with the fact that my persona would not have traveled with a tent. Were they to go on a pilgrimage, etc. they would have stayed in inns.

With that thought in mind the changes that ensued came quickly and amazingly easily. The new design is now a wattle & daub house. After conferring with a former shire mate with amazing artistic talents I will be painting, using a 1:1 mixture of exterior latex paint:water, large timbers on the house. My artist friend will come in with a lighter color brown and paint in highlights. She will also be painting the roof to appear to be made of thatch.

This design feels absolutely perfect!