I did a drop cloth canvas Hot Tent last yr
I used a 16/100 Jean needle with Gutermann #22 cream thread
If your just tossing it over the ridge line I would not go and do anything ...just let it drape.
So......
I would jump in full bore and build it as a tent ....Build it to your needs
Mine is 12' ridge line 58" on long roof 48" on the other. Short wall is 2', long wall 58", width about 2' on short side and about 44" on longer side. I put in a #10 zipper with 3 pulls on each end. Top pull zips going down middle pull zips going up and bottom pull zips going down ( this all allows adjust for the Hammock suspension)
I used cheap poly tarp for the skirts sewn in.
And I use a poly tarp for the less than cold or snowy days on the roof.
I use a ridge pole to hold it all up....using anything else like rope or webbing will sag unless you can get it guitar string tight.
For cold rainy shoulder season days I am in the process of building the same Hot Tent using Silpoly PU4000.
Other things
Wash the Canvas in Hot Hot water to shrink the heck out of it....tightens the weave up
Do not do anything else to the canvas.
..it is what it is
I would not burn anything inside the canvas unless it is vented...as in a chimney to vent combustion gases...but each to there own.
TZ Brown also built a Hot Tent (Not from Canvas) but will also give you some thoughts
So get crafting and let us know how it is working out
Build your own build.
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