Tent Preparations 1

Hello!

Well, now that the cat tent is out of the bag, I'll share some information about how and what we did to dress up a plain old off the shelf pop up tent.

 

First, we were lucky enough to find a 8x8 pop up canopy off the Craigslist. Thom and I drove to San Francisco and met a nice woman who was moving and didn't have room for her tent anymore. I believe we picked it up for only $50.00.

Tent inspiration 1

We researched many different tents and we decided we wanted to create something along the lines of the pic above. It was beautiful and romantic in many ways and seemed to fit the look we were going for.

Prepping strips of valance fabric

Second, pick some color and texture. Thom has a small horde of fabrics stashed away in his studio so we had plenty of textures and colors to choose from. The pic above is of strips of fabric that are getting ready to be sewn into our valances. This beautiful machine embroidered silk we found a the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Sale back in 2009. I believe we picked up this roll for $1. As you can see we had to seam the fabric down the center. I had to cut and tack on the missing medallion in the center so it would look complete.

The valence waiting for it's jewels

Here's a pic of the valance in almost it's full glory. It's still missing the tiny jeweled pieces in the center of the medallions. The white scalloped portion of the valance Thom cut and trimmed in gold bias tape by hand. It was a pain, but necessary to have a clean finished edge. The tassels were ordered online at a discount and I added the gold and amber glass bead for some flair.

More later.

-HWC