Before starting to make your tent, you should, in the first place,
have a good look at ready-made tents, and see exactly how they are
made-especially at the edges.
[Illustration: TREES INSTEAD OF TENT POLES.]
You should always make a model of the tent you propose to construct,
first with paper, to scale, so as to get the proper dimensions, and
then with linen, with string and poles complete, to see how to cut it
out in the right sizes. Afterwards, you can proceed to make the real,
article.
This, again, is best done by cutting it out in newspapers pasted
together and spread out on the floor. These paper cuttings then serve
as "patterns," on which you can cut your canvas without wasting any of
it.
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