The dayshade lives!

[melaniesuzanne]

Hubbyfink and I erected the dayshade behind the neighbor's house (the land is slightly flatter) this morning so we (meaning he) could spray the shade down with Canvak. I snapped photos before the spraying began.

	Dayshade front, 6/13/09. The design on the valance is composed of two stencils: the blue curliques and the gold medallions. The curlique stencil has lotus flowers as well, but I taped over them.
	Dayshade side, 6/13/09. The poles in front are 7' and the poles in back are 6.5'. With ropes, the shade's footprint is approx 16'x16'.
	Dayshade rear, 6/13/09.

We also worked on the clothing rack by cutting down the uprights and rod to the correct lengths and staining the rod. I need to look for the appropriately sized bit to make the holes for the rod, make those holes, give everything a good sanding and then stain the uprights. At this rate, the only Pennsic project left will be painting the pavilion. Oof.

Comments

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

"My friends used canvas painters tarps for their last shade fly and it worked really well until it was devoured by mildew."

1) The mildew was a direct result of not being able to set it up to dry in a timely manner and

2) It now has a number of very pretty (and completely period) colors!

[kittyblue.livejournal.com]

Note to self: actually lay canvas out to dry after use on wet days. :)

(One person I camped with just invested in disposable painters' plastic for the flooring, since it was a once-yearly sort of camping trip and there was nowhere to lay things out to dry back home.)