The inspiration for the Jet Plane project came from my bedrooms at home and school. I live on a bunk bed both in New York City and Bangkok shared with someone else and often struggle to get some privacy. For this project, I decided to build an indoor tent to put above my bed that is hangable from the ceiling.
Finished Product:
Prototype:
Using 5 yards of muslin
Templates:
The templates are labeled but quite faintly so it cannot be seen in the photographs. The first template is 36 x 36 inches (cut 2) and the one on the right is 80 x 36 inches (cut 3), with 0.5 seam allowances.
Process:
After cutting all the pieces out, I sewed all the middle parts together, connecting all 5 pieces together. Then I proceeded to sew triangles (kites) on the four corners of the middle piece.
After hand-sewing the kites to make sure that it is attached on accurately and the thread wouldn’t show on the good side of the fabric, I made the pieces that will be attached onto the fabric as channels for the wood to give it more structure.
After making those channels, I drew a line across the fabric to see where I will be attaching the channels to the fabric and where the middle part meet.
About every 7.5 inches, I sewed the channels onto the fabric. Here, it can be seen that marks are made to indicate where the pieces are going to be sewn.
I did this on one of the 80 x 36 piece and two 36 x36 pieces.
Afterwards, I cut the wood into smaller pieces: 15 inches long and 5 inches long. The rubber tubes that I used to attach the wood together are also 5 inches long. I also made slits in the rubber tubes to make sure it bends easily so it becomes more flexible when the tent is folded into the suitcase.
After the pieces are all cut up, I made a hole in the middle of the rubber tube where the two pieces will intersect.
And this is what it looks like when all the wood and the rubber tube pieces are put together inside the hoops.
And this is what it looks like when all the wood and the rubber tube pieces are put together inside the channels.
After all this was completed, I also did it on the edges of the big piece to give the tent more structure (unfortunately my phone ran out of battery so I could not take pictures).
After testing out if the wood fits perfectly into the hoops, I sewed the seam up to make sure the fabric does not shred.
After all the seams are sewn, I attached the four sides together.
To make sure that the tent actually holds up, I cut holes onto the four corners so I can put the strings through for hanging the tent up like it is shown here.
Glad you are learning and moving forward. keep trying and you will succeed. Good job