Saturday, April 9

Free standing tent - the structure

Remember the tent I made for my nieces. This is how I managed to make a free standing structure to support the tent. I used plastic water pipes and fittings. 

Since I couldn't find a fitting that would work out for a 3 dimensional angle, I made the corner pieces out of a regular 90 degrees elbow combined with a straight junction piece glued together.


I also made a fabric "floor" with raised edges that also maintains the bottom structure in place.


The top of the tent has channels for the pipes to be inserted into
 Once they are in place, the "engineered" fitting just holds everything in place

The fabric floor and the main body of the tent are held together by snaps


 Here are the pieces color coded to simplify assembly

 
 Here is the structure by itself

12 comments:

  1. this is a brilliant idea...a friend of mine made a teepee once out of plumbing pipes...and the tent is so sweet...i bet all the kikkikins love it to pieces...thanks for sharing!

    alison

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  2. That's so cool! Thanks for sharing ~ come by and say hi sometime!

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  3. Came over from To Sew with Love. This is adorable!
    Michael
    bluevelvetchair.blogspot.com

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  4. I would love for you to link up at Inspire Me Mondays @ Singing Three Little Birds!
    http://singingthreelittlebirds.blogspot.com/2011/04/inspire-me-monday.html

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  5. So clever! The finished tent looks amazing!

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  6. Brilliant! Thank you for linking up to Ucycled Awesome at www.thetshirtdiaries.com. I want to make one of these for my little ones.

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  7. I might have to make one for my kiddos! thanks for sharing Caroline! I always love seeing you every week and always look forward to seeing you link up!

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  8. just to let you know...i featured your tent this week on fridays unfolded...have a wonderful weekend!

    alison

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  9. Love this play house project so cute and creative. Smiles, Paula

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