Ok so this is my first thread so bear with me. i am soon to be taking delivery of a warbonnet blackbird dl 1.7 and cant wait to start hanging. i really want to get a great tarp like a superfly or a spinn maccat delux, but the wife probably wont be to happy with me dropping $400 bucks right away on this new "ewok obsession". I have some good gear(pads and clothing) that i will work with for insulation for now but i obviously cant start hanging without a tarp. My mother has ocd like me and is obsessed with making quilts(like the amish not the jacks) and has a huge room in her house setup with like $15000 worth of sewing and quilting machines and equipment(her freaking sewing machine cost like $8000) and she is amazing in her abilities and skills with all the stuff. so the questions i pose to you now are:
1. where can i buy relatively cheap sil or other good fabrics for a diy tarp?
2. does anyone have detailed plans or directions(with or without pics) or know where i can find them for doing like a maccat clone?
3. what kind of reinforcement do you use for the edges and the guy out points?
the other query i have is involving tyvek. I have been using a square homemade tyvek tarp for backpacking for some time as a cooking/setup space maker in foul weather. i folded the edges and tyvek taped both sides then put grommets in the edge. the thing has worked great and i still use it a lot when i take big groups with me(works great as a wind blocker too).
I am a general contractor and pretty much always have a 10 foot roll on hand from my jobs so my materials are pretty much free(aside from $6 grommets). so the question is: has anyone made and used a catenary cut tarp out of tyvek? if had a design i could follow i could probably whip one up in like 30 minutes and at least use that to start until i make one from better materials and buy one(or two or three without the wife knowing) the tarp i made started out noisy but i stuck it in the washing machine a couple of times and its pretty soft and quiet now. any input on all of the above is greatly appreciated! thanks in advance for your input. ltruelove
ps. if anyone has a decent tarp sitting round that they arent using and wants under $100 for it let me know. thanks
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