duomid/pyramid peak sewing

I've had good luck sewing tents in two halves.

1 Sew two panels together
2 Sew second two panels together
3 Attach reinforcement to fist half
4 Attach second piece of reinforcement to the second half
5 Sew the two halves together

I normally use the mock flat felled seam as seen here
http://www.coletterie.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/mock-flat-fell-seams

It's fairly easy this way. I just sew the edges of the two pieces together then finish the seam by folding it over and running a second line of stitching. When I run the first line of stitching the fabric is lying flat and I don't have any of the fabric under the neck of my machine.

Anthony

I've done the same thing

do the complete tent except reinforcement

put up tent. as long as it's not windy and you don't really tighten it you don't need the reinforcement

Take the circle and sew it to tent with 4 hand stitches, one at each ridge. Fold (gather) the edges of circle at each ridge to turn the circle into a cone that fits the tent. Make sure it's tight to take up tension. Make sure the circle is even for aesthetics – same distance from peak to edge – maybe make a little mark with pen

Then take down tent and sew around perimeter of circle, two or three rows to make it secure. Make sure the rows are offset a little – ideally, no needle hole should be within 1 mm of each other to avoid perforation