[Utr] Sunshades

[Tami Hayes]

Walls can be made for pop-ups. I made curtain walls for my portable  
garages by taking actual curtains from Value Village and sewing 2  
sets of Velcro strips along the top, so the tops could be folded over  
the cross-poles of my garages and velcroed in place.

If we wanted all the sides to match, though, we'd have to use  
something like bedsheets.

Visually I don't find pop-ups to be any more period-looking than  
portable garages, but they have the advantage of being smaller and  
easier to transport. And you can group them together as needed for  
larger space.

Lenora



On Aug 8, 2009, at 6:40 AM, Elena de Maisnilwarin wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> I like Wrenn's idea of looking for easy-ups instead of portable  
> garages. I know I can't actually put up a portable garage (I'm  
> somewhat on the short side, and once the legs start going in, I  
> can't reach the horizontal pieces to lift or move or attach sides.)
>
> If we can get something with sides, that would be best. Why? It's  
> Tir Righ. It rains. It'd be great to have shelters for classes and  
> registration that people could breathe in without scuba gear.
>
> Regarding storage: the Principality will likely have a storage unit  
> in Abbotsford/Chilliwack area by the end of 3QTR. That's end of  
> September for you non-exchequer types...  <grin>
>
> In order for the Principality's Financial Committee to approve the  
> purchase, we need the figures. How many do we want? How much is the  
> total cost? There are XS Cargoes all over the place. Anyone willing  
> to check if they still have easy-ups available?
>
> Regards,
> Elena
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: utr-bounces at tirrigh.org [mailto:utr-bounces at tirrigh.org] On  
> Behalf Of J. Huxley
> Sent: August 8, 2009 12:33 AM
> To: smennill at shaw.ca; lenora; utr at tirrigh.org
> Subject: Re: [Utr] Sunshades
>
> I LOVE the idea of getting some sunshades together.
>
>  I'd like to throw in a "NO" for portable garages, as a general  
> rule they suck, they are not easy at all to put up, transport or  
> store and they are ugly.
>
>
>
> If UTR wants to go the easy pre fabed way I'd rather see 10x10 easy  
> ups... I managed to pick one up from xs cargo for t/a war for only  
> $50 taxes in by asking for a non-profit deal. They fit well  
> together with any other easy ups available, are a nice size for  
> most clases and at the war "hid" quite nicely behind ThuA's bug  
> canvas shade.
>
>
>
> that said we've just picked up on of the tarps, all pre treated  
> from Princess Auto that the UTR shades were made of to do one up  
> for the Shire of Ramsgaard- I can let you know whatt the final size/ 
> cost/effort if if you'd like.
>
>
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> ~Wrenn
>
>
>
> From: smennill at shaw.ca
> To: lenora.is at shaw.ca; Utr at tirrigh.org
> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:57:26 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Utr] Sunshades
>
> Very good questions, your wise-ness. Personally, I have nowhere to  
> store such a contraption. I could transport one to events though,  
> provided they fit on my roof rack. I also like the idea of having a  
> few of them scattered throughout the principality. That way the  
> closest one could come to the event at which it was needed.
>
> It really has to be stored by somebody with a garage or a basement  
> or some other kind of storage facility (and not by a person who  
> lives with a packrat in a two-bedroom apartment). Does such a  
> person exist?
>
> Philosophically,
>
> Aine
>
> From: utr-bounces at tirrigh.org [mailto:utr-bounces at tirrigh.org] On  
> Behalf Of Tami Hayes
> Sent: August 7, 2009 10:50 PM
> To: Utr at tirrigh.org
> Subject: Re: [Utr] Sunshades
>
> Apparently bribes of chocolate work well. Although bribing myself  
> was interesting. But tasty.
>
> We also should have the approval of the rest of the financial  
> committee (Their Highnesses and our Principality Exchequer).
>
> If that is forthcoming, and everyone wants one or more of these  
> purchased, I can do that. I have a credit card and I know how to  
> use it.
>
> However, things to consider before anything is purchased:
>
> Who is going to store it/them?
>
> Who is going to transport it/them?
>
> I can buy it and bring it to Investiture, but could anyone bring it  
> home? I could bring it back to the mainland, but where will it go?
>
> Do we buy more than one and have one in the interior, one in the  
> lower mainland, and one on the Island?
> (Which returns us to...who is going to store them and transport them?)
>
> Discuss. :-)
>
> Lenora
>
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Sally Mennill wrote:
>
> That seems like a good idea to me, provided we can convince that  
> bee-atch of a seneschal to agree to it (and also to purchase the  
> item with her Victoria-living juju). I don't think the walls and  
> back would be necessary.
>
> Aine
>
> From: utr-bounces at tirrigh.org [mailto:utr-bounces at tirrigh.org] On  
> Behalf Of Tami Hayes
> Sent: August 7, 2009 10:30 PM
> To: utr at tirrigh.org
> Subject: [Utr] Sunshades
>
> At AT War, THUA had several sunshades which I thought was a great  
> idea. If UTR decides to follow THUA’s example, I think that might  
> be an item for which we might consider fundraising. But we don’t  
> HAVE to (Tir Righ didn’t make the Heralds go fundraise when they  
> wanted money for consulting books. In fact, we upped what they  
> asked for.)
>
> On that note, my sister mentioned to me not 15 minutes ago that  
> Canadian Tire had portable garages on sale (10 x 20). They were  
> called "waterproof canopies" or something like that. White cover.
>
> Cost: Roof and poles: $99.99
>           (optional) sides and back - additional $59.99
>
> You might be able to talk the seneschal into approving the purchase  
> for one or two, although I hear she can be a real bee-atch.
>
> Lenora
>
> P.S. I don't know if that sale is local to Victoria or not....
>
>
>
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