I decided to buy myself a winter tarp kit from Dutch, mostly because I wanted to make the most of a gift card, and I have had some sewing experience. Now, that experience was making a shirt in costume construction in university (VCU 2005), my least proficient practicum class, so I'm not sure what made me want to try again.
Reading this instructions, I think I'm missing something in the cutting phase, and the overall placement of the tieout reinforcement. I've got only photos of tarps to go from, and the instructions. I'm using scrap paper to test it out first. Folding widthwise twice 9.5 yards to make it easier, got that. cutting a width wise triangle out to make the trapezoid shape, got that. I think I'm missing the part to cut the 9.5 yards in half, and then applying that diagonal cut to both rectangles? The width of the fabric is only one side of the tarp, right?
Trying to break this concept down in text, I make two trapezoids. Then, two trapezoids seamed together on the short edges?, and fold over the outside triangles to make the doors?
Thank you for any advice, I think I'm close to really begin, before even puling out the fabric. Next step will be finding enough space for the layout.
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