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Step 13The Fly
Making the fly is simple. When you've completed the tent, set it up. Then take your fly material--scraps, etc.--a bunch of pins and clamps, and piece the fly together over the erected tent. The tent serves as a 3-D frame that you stretch and pin the material over. If your material pieces are small it can be a pain in the ass, but be patient, keep patching it together, and you'll get there.
You can pin and sew as you go (recommended), or if you're a good sewer, pin it all up then sew it all at once.
I originally intended to put a zipper in the weather side of this fly, but got antsy to take the tent camping and didn't bother.
In any case, when you've got the fly together, put it over the tent again and mark where you'll need guy lines to hold it down.
Then make some small, grommeted webbing attachments, reinforcing the cloth around where you attach them with extra ripstop, and sewed them all together.
You can pin and sew as you go (recommended), or if you're a good sewer, pin it all up then sew it all at once.
I originally intended to put a zipper in the weather side of this fly, but got antsy to take the tent camping and didn't bother.
In any case, when you've got the fly together, put it over the tent again and mark where you'll need guy lines to hold it down.
Then make some small, grommeted webbing attachments, reinforcing the cloth around where you attach them with extra ripstop, and sewed them all together.
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