Take Me...To the next Level!

[etherial]

rosinavs and I are thinking of taking our relationship to the next level. That's right. We're thinking of buying a pavilion together. There are a couple of things we haven't decided on yet, but the biggest question that we want input on has to do with decorating the damned thing. This is going to be a lot of white canvas, so judicious application of color is important. For reference, my favorite color is green and hers is purple. My arms are (the as of yet unapproved) Gules, in annulo 3 Goutty de Poix in annulo, at fesse point a triangle ployé inverted Sable. Hers are Azure, a pile issuant from sinister base Purpure fimbriated Or.

For the easily bored, that means we like black, blue, gold, green, purple, and red.

[Poll #1309722]


Edit: Do not stare directly into House Strangeways.

Comments

[albreda.livejournal.com]

I would definately trim it in something dark (and not red-hued, so it won't bleed), and like the idea of covering the seams with trim too, since those are a) the areas most likely to get dingy-dirty, and dark colors cover that, and b) if you cover the seams, it both covers a multitude of sewing sins, and provides another barrier to the inevitable drips.

I didn't answer for height in the poll: don't the side walls taller than the reach of the folks setting the sucker up, and don't get two center poles unless you can RELIABLY get at least one other person to help you and Rosina put it up.

I also didn't answer the make it yourself or not question: I'd agree with buying the poles - straight forever is a good thing, and then you get the nice points to work with too. Sewing it yourself or not is more a question of having the room to sew it, the skill to sew it, and the machine strong enough to sew it that you don't mind trashing on the project. If you want to be fancy, you can buy thread that swells as it gets wet, so it will seal your sewing holes, rather than create another whole line of leak points (covering them with spiffy trim, as stated above, also helps enormously).

Also, don't overlook the necessity of buying giant waterproof bins to store it in, and a place to dry it out, as well as your ability to fit it in your car. (If the latter is a problem, you can buy center poles that break down into two or more pieces, but don't make side poles longer than fit in your car - having to pay for breakdownable pieces for all of that will break the bank bigtime.)

As far as cheap canvas goes, I'd check with sail makers in the Boston area. I got canvas up here (N VT) from a sail maker REALLY cheap.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but we are buying a pre-sewn tent from Panther. Sewing a pavilion of this scale by Pennsic is not within the scope of this exercise (though in partial answer to Eudocia's question, I might someday consider sewing a smaller period tent for weekend trips).

The questions at hand are

•whether people feel the attic/headspace of seven foot poles is worth the hassle of needing taller people to help put it up

•whether people feel the security of pre-built poles and ropes outweighs the extra cost (we already feel the security of pre-sewn tent outweighs the extra cost)

•which hue of free trim we should go with

•what interesting ideas people have for decorating the tent

[albreda.livejournal.com]

Ah - I get it now - sorry.

Pay for poles and ropes. You could make your own, but then you'd invariably have to replace them as they warped anyway, so if you have the money now, buy the good stuff once, instead of the cheap stuff over and over again.

Attic space/head space for folks other than yourselves is NOT worth it. If you are tall enough to need it, get it, or if you have someone you can count on to help put it up, who will likely also be IN said tent a lot once it is set up, then get it, otherwise, don't bother - lots of hassle for little benefit.