[MR] EZ up type tents

[Alexandria Stratton]

Do you like this tent? 
http://www.housebarra.com/PastTimes/tents/baby.html

The fabric weighed less than 3 pounds and it fit in a grocery store shopping 
bag. It does not *have* to be heavy canvas. This one was nylon, but if you can 
find a good deal, you could just as easily make it of linen, wool, silk, or just 
about anything, provided you've got a high enough thread count for fibers to 
swell and seal out rain. The possibilities are nearly endless, depending on your 
needs, resources, budget, etc. 

btw, sunbrella fabric runs around $18/yd on a good day, so unless you are lucky 
to come across a REALLY good deal...well, I was only able to afford to do the 
roofs of the gables on my pavilion out of sunbrella. The only reason I chose it 
is because it holds it's color and has nearly identical characteristics to 
sunforger, which is what the rest of my pavilion is made from. (my pavilion 
photos)

Sorry, I get a little passionate about tentmaking. :)
 -- Isabelle LaFar
http://www.HouseBarra.com
Experience is what you get, when things go awry.





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From: Bambi TBNL <hippy_dippy_dancer at yahoo.com>
To: kyrilex at yahoo.com; atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 7:59:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] EZ up type tents

Ny tent is easire to put up if the walls are seperate from the rooff. The sheer 
wight of canvas makes it impairative that you look for that feature in a 
pavillion. My spoke and hub ound  needs three peole becase of the wight of the 
canvas.
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Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:01:41 am
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
From: "Alexandria Stratton" <kyrilex at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] EZ up type tents

An EZup is not an alternative to a pavilion. It is not made to hold the weight 
of a canvas roof, and it will not last through the beating it will take with SCA 

use. I have one that I use on rare occasions, I made a cover for it of bedsheets 

to make it look more period...but it's an absolute oven. It only gets used as a 
last resort...or for non-garb occasions.

Easy pavilions to set up by oneself: Anglo-Saxon geteld, French Bell Wedge, hub 
& spoke round, square marquis...
Naturally, the smaller the pavilion, the easier it is for one person to set up. 
However, every single one of these that I've mentioned is set up by staking it 
to the ground and then slipping a center/upright pole inside to hold it up. The 
largest tent I ever put up by myself was a 12-foot diameter hub & spoke round 
tent, in my younger & stronger days...the center pole was a 4x4 post. But just 
because it's a pavilion doesn't mean it has to take up four football fields and 
weigh eight tons. I'd be happy to discuss optio