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Sewing this dome shell is a lot of work! I've finished the top, with the skylight, all 10 main segments, and put the zipper and the awning in the front piece, for the doorway. All that remains now is putting the thing together!
Each vertex of the dome cover (there are 95) gets a suspension point, consisting of a little loop sewn onto a separate patch of tent fabric, which is then sewn onto the shell. This way, if the loop tears off, at least the main tent shell won't be damaged (or so I hope). I will thread a piece of bungee cord through each loop, which is then tied to the dome frame. This will make the suspension nice and springy, reducing the chances of anything tearing.
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