If you place chairs facing outward, throw the sheet over the tops, and let it hang down to the seats on the outside. Then, place pillows or books on top of the sheet where it rests on the seat of the chairs. For a bigger tent, use binder clips to attach one sheet to another.
For another option, run a dowel under the fabric, then use strings on the end to attach it to the ceiling.
Create your own tent-tablecloth by cutting a piece of fabric slightly bigger than your tabletop. Sew or glue a skirt on that goes all the way around the table, leaving a slit on one side. Hem the fabric to make it last longer, or use a fabric that doesn’t fray, such as fleece.
You should have two pieces of wood near each end of the dowel. On each end, spread the two pieces in opposite directions to create the “A” frame. Sew elastic loops on the corners of a twin sheet. Throw the sheet over the frame, and loop the elastic over the end of each piece of wood to hold it in place.
To help the sheet stay in place, create sleeves for your sheet, and thread them through two of the bottom edges. The best part of this type of tent is you can take it apart. It’s lightweight and travels easily.
To make the fabric, measure how far apart you’ve spread your teepee. Measure at the bottom of one of the triangles, then measure up each side to where you want the fabric to reach. Cut triangles in fabric that are the same size, with an extra inch on each side for hemming. Make a triangle for each of the five sides. Sew the triangles together, and hem the bottom. Sew a tie across the top for tying it together in the front. It also helps to sew ties to the inside at the seams, which allows you to tie the fabric to the poles. Pull the fabric over the frame, and tie it in place.
To hang it, tie (1/2-inch) ribbon or yarn on each side of the hoop, where the curtains meet. Tie them in a knot or bow above the embroidery hoop. Hang it on a screw hook in the ceiling.
Cut off about 14 inches from the bottom of the curtain. If the bottom doesn’t have a sleeve, sew or use fabric glue to create one. Sew or use fabric glue to attach the fabric to the top of the curtain (the unhemmed side), leaving the sleeve on the top of the curtain open. Thread the pipe into the original curtain’s sleeve. Attach it with the coupling. Thread a string through the sleeve you created. Gather up the fabric, and tie the string in a knot or bow. Attach it to the ceiling with a hook.
Get a piece of fabric wide enough for the nook, and long enough to go from front to back and to the floor. Decide where your shim on the wall is going to go. It should be higher than the tension rod in the front, which will be the height of your tent. Cut the fabric in two, so that one piece is long enough to go from the shim to the tension rod, with extra inches on each side. The other piece should be long enough to reach the floor from the tension rod, with extra inches on either side. Glue or hem three sides of the top piece of fabric, but leave the top unhemmed. On the bottom edge, make three loops on the underside of the fabric, spread out along the fabric. Glue the top edge to the shim, and screw it into studs in the wall with the fabric edge towards the wall. On the bottom piece of fabric, hem three sides (bottom and both sides). Make a sleeve with the top edge. Push the tension rod through one loop of the fabric, then push in the sleeve of the other fabric. Pull the last two loops on, and hang up the tension rod.
