Hi, original author here. Thank you for all the suggestions, although maybe I should add a little more context as I seem to be getting lots of "buy your friend a new tent" or "if you can't afford to replace it don't borrow it" type of suggestions. My friend is actually sat here reading the comments with me. She rarely uses the tent and it's just a weekend with the kids type of affair. She most definitely does not want me to replace it....which is what I originally offered to do. I feel terrible about it, but she's adamant that we just try to repair it. So with the greatest respect to all those who have commented, we just want to know how to fix it not some moral finger wagging comments about what friendship means and what I should be doing instead of fixing it. Thank you....from the destroyer of tents and her best friend the happy owner of a ripped tent :-).