tent


	Here is the tent set up next a Panther Pavillions roman wall tent. It has one paint layer so far.


	I mark the line where the two pieces of fabric will be lined up, and the stitching line.

	Mostly I don't pin the fabric I just hold it and feed in very slowly. I sew as slowely as I can make the machine go.

	Here is a seam half finshed.

	I burnish over the seam allowance in the correct direction

	To make a proper flat fell seam, the piece I am folding up would be folded around under the lower piece, enclosing all the raw edges, then sewn along the fold line, creating a very strong tent seam.

	After burnishing over the allowance flat, I drew a line along the edge so I would know where to sand and glue.

	I found that to get any adhesion, I needed to remove the surface of the paint, so I gently sanded all the glue areas. It is very easy to go to hard and sand right through.

	I applied glue to the appropriate areas, let it dry than hammered down the seam.

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	Here is the freshly glued seam.

	I found I could easily roll off any excess glue with my finger. The was really my first sign that the glue may not be such a great idea.