Ever been inside a custom pop up tent manufacturer's building? I can’t speak for every vendor, but TentCraft manufactures every frame, print, canopy, and soft-good all under one roof in Michigan, so a lot is going on between these four walls. I’ve been hanging out here for a handful of years and today, I’m going to invite you in for a quick tour to check out how we make our pop-up tent canopies.

And spoiler alert: this isn’t necessarily the norm. We’re geared for premium quality so there’s a lot of bells and whistles.

Seams & Stitching

Each part of the tent canopy comes off the printer in giant sheets that are then moved over to a Zund machine and cut out by a laser (not kidding!). Once our sewing team gets their hands on the pieces – assuming this is a 10x10 pop-up tent - they’ve been cut out into the (4) triangular-shaped peak pieces, and (4) rectangular valance pieces.

The Extras

There’s a heavy-duty strip of Velcro sewn with double stitching to the interior perimeter of every valance so that tent walls, ordered now or later, can be attached via Velcro to the inside of every canopy. This Velcro strip is used versus standard loops or grommets to ensure the tent walls lay flat and wrinkle-free for a professional look. It also eliminates the chance of wind and rain from passing through.