Now the question remained: how on earth do I make this happen? It just so happened that I recently bought a new set of king sheets. The old ones got deposited in my charitable donation pile. And every time I walked by them, they starred me in the face, practically begging me to find a new use for them. After walking past them a few times, it suddenly dawned on me that these old sheets would be perfect as a tee pee.
After about 13 hours of sewing, which I did three nights in a row, I finished just in time to send it to the Midwest for this sweet boy's second birthday. Thank goodness for priority shipping!
When the package arrived, I gave my son-in-law specific instructions on what kinds of poles he needed to purchase from the hardware store to erect this tee pee. He was impressed I was right on with my measurements. I only knew exactly what was needed because I purchased one 2 in. x 4 in. x 8 foot piece of wood to measure so I knew how big to make the casings. I decided that the casings would keep my grandson and any of his wild friends from getting slivers.
If you look closely at the above photo, you'll notice I added a buffalo on each panel. I only wish I had of been smart enough to think of that idea before I sewed the panels together! Then to finish off this tee pee I added self made brown piping and a feather accent on the top of the frame. This accent was made from three strands of cording that I braided and hot-glued 4 colorful feathers onto the ends.
How to make a tee pee from sheets - warning, there is a lot of sewing involved with this project, it's not complicated, just time consuming:
- Fold the top king sized sheet into fourths.
- Using a straight edge, draw a diagonal line from the bottom of the sheet to the top of the sheet.
- Cut along this line. This will give you 3 large triangles and two smaller triangles.
- Use one of the large triangles as a pattern to cut one additional triangle from the fitted sheet.
- From the fitted sheet, cut out 5 strips of fabric 5" x the length of the fabric triangles diagonal edge.
- Press under 1/4" on both sides of the longs stripes, making the stripes 4 1/2" in width.
- Sew the large triangles together.
- Sew 4 - 30 inches of seam tape together - these will become the ties to keep the tee pee door open.
- 30 inches up from the bottom of the tee pee, sew one 30" seam tape to both sides of the tee pee opening.
- Overlap the center of the small triangles and pin.
- Sew the small triangles together from the top about 30" down.
- Sew the small triangles to the large triangles (the bottom of this will be one large polygon).
- Sew two more of the 30" seam tape ties 30" up from the bottom of the tee pee.
- Cut a 12" circle at the top of the triangles to allow the poles to go out of the top of the tee pee.
- Sew seam tape to the unfinished bottom and top of the tee pee.
- Once all triangles are sewn together, sew the strips to the wrong side of the center on each seam, tucking under the top & bottom edges.
- Insert five 2 in. x 4 in. x 8 foot pieces of wood into the casings.
- Go outside & set-up your tee pee.
I created this post for part of the Summer Fun Ideas which can be found over at Nap-time Creations. xoxo Grandma
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Have a great summer and enjoying shade in your tee pee!Linked to: Nap-Time Creations, Threading My Way, The Dedicated House, Diana Rambles, Simple Simon
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