One of my favorite scenes from a movie took place inside a house-tent in The Royal Tenenbaums. Richie and Margot sat listening to "She Smiled Sweetly" by The Rolling Stones and shared a real moment. It was an illuminated hideaway in their otherwise chaotic childhood home. I think I've secretly wanted a little tent in my house ever since. Fast forward 11 years. My son Wylie has the tiniest shoe box of a room. It holds a crib, a small dresser and wardrobe. It's never been a place for him to hang out. His birthday is today and I presented him with his very own little teepee tent for his room. I've been working on it all week. It's made from eco-felt, dowels and twine. I tried my hand at a little hand textile design using an oil based fabric pen I'll put up a tutorial update to this post soon. For now, here's some more pictures...
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this is wonderful! We recently made tents in our living room for our grandchildren. This would have been great. hugs
ReplyDeleteawwww... so nice!! me and my sister, we were making out house-tend from blankets and sheets! we were able to spend whooole day inside of the house-tend! :)
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I'm looking for the tutorial for this teepee. Were the instructions included in a different post? Thanks for any info!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! I, too, was wondering if there is a tutorial available? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi guys, I made the teepee using a pattern from the book "Growing Up: Sew Liberated". I think it's best to just direct you there, as I don't want to publish her patterns online without permission. It was pretty straight forward for a beginning seamstress...definitely well loved.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll check it out!
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