MYOG Kensho 2 Tent: Bathtub Floor Part 1

Documenting my MYOG Tent! Bathtub Floor Part 1.
Pattern: Kensho 2 by Dubber Designs dubberdesigns....
Materials Used:
Floor and Reinforcements - Hex70 bit.ly/3wfIBr4
Fly - 1.1oz Printed Silpoly bit.ly/3wlCrpy
Mesh - 0.67oz Noseeum Mesh bit.ly/3pH5T6R
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[@daphneraven6745]

Sarah Quackenbush: I’m thinking of making a tent, and it’s the Bathtub fabric I’m interested in.
You’re talking all about your technique here, but the fabric is pretty important.
You did a really nice little tutorial there on how to mitre a corner.
I guess the other real question that I have here is why you’re hemming your bathtub instead of attaching it to your tent.
I’ve had a lot of tents, but none of them have ever had a separate bathtub.
Would you mind offering a few words on those two things, please?
Update: I saw that you spoke about your supplier of the fabric, but not the fabric itself.
You’ve obviously given this a great deal of thought, so I’m wondering if you wouldn’t mind speaking of what exact fabric you got, and if you know what Denier rating it has, and what the considerations were, and your reasons for choosing it, please, As well as your reasons for having it up instead of attaching it to your tent?
That will help me greatly when I go to do mine.

[@perhapsabbey]

Thank you so much for these videos! I'm a garment sewer and I'll be making this pattern but have been perusing other makes first to gauge the process. Its so nice to watch a video by someone who uses actual sewing terms and Im glad you're also fighting your inner garment-sewer in critiquing some of the pattern's steps! You're handling the fabrics like a pro though, everyone else seems to complain about them but you've given me some confidence haha. Since you've had the tent for a while now are there any modifications you've made or would make if you made another kensho?

[@saraquackenbush3684]

I'm so glad you found them useful!
By and large I have been very happy with how it has worked and held up. I'm not sure you can make something without wanting to tweak it though, haha! Here are the things I would change if I did it again:
-I wouldn't cat cut the ridgeline. It wasn’t necessary for a tight pitch and with both the bottom of the doors and the ridge cat cut, the doors end up needing a bit of a shorter pitch to reach the ground due to the stretch being removed through the whole run from door peg to door peg. Not an issue for me because I am short anyways, but might be a problem for someone taller
-I wouldn't bother with the guy outs on the bathtub floor. I never use them and end up removing them. They only made it look good when empty for photos. In usage, stuff in the tent kept it in place just fine.

[@drewandrachelcrites6051]

Thank you for these videos. Can I ask you - does the dubber designs pattern allow for size tweeking? I'd really like to get his pattern but I want a bigger floor size using the xl Hex 70 for the floor. Thanks again for all the details in your videos.

[@saraquackenbush3684]

Making the tent wider would be very easy, since you just make the roof panels wider too. That doesn't impact the doors/height at all, you just may need to add another guy out to the roof panel. Making the tent longer would require more significant changes, as the geometry of the height and doors would need to be redrafted to match.

[@michaelsrowland]

Is the floor slippy when you're sleeping?

[@darinol_ig]

Thanks for video

[@QPlife]

Where did you get the material for this? And what material do you recommend? TIA

[@saraquackenbush3684]

I bought my supplies from Ripstop by the Roll. Different materials can be used depending on your priorities (weight/cost/abrasion resistance/tear strength/UV resistance/weather conditions/pitching characteristics). Many people use 1.1oz silpoly or silnylon for the fly and floor, it could be made out of DCF, heavier nylon/poly variants both sil and PU or any combination thereof. I used 1.1oz silpoly for the fly and hex70 for the floor (the linked blog has more info on the reasoning there). The pattern I used (linked in the description) also goes into a lot of depth on fabric choices.