I was toying with the idea of a fort kit or play house or something, then came across a website with a tutorial for a Tee Pee. pinktoesandpowertools is a fantastic website and has so many great ideas. Her tutorial was so easy to follow, and was relatively quick for me to complete. Maybe I shouldn't have started it at 10:30pm the night before the party though :)
The pattern calls for 5 1/2 yds I bought 6, because I was making this for the first time, I figured everything would go wrong :) However, this tutorial is so fantastic I didn't encounter any problems. One thing, if you buy reversible fabric (same on both sides) you only need 3 yds of fabric. So lucky for my kids, I was able to cut out an entire 2nd set of patterns.
I did also make some ties to keep the doors open, and I used wooden dowels instead of the PVC pipe. That was only because my local Lowes didn't have enough PVC pipe. Only took me about 1 1/2 hours to complete. I think the next one will be even quicker.
Let me know if you make one, I'd love to see a picture!
Happy Crafting
Ginny
