hechterooskie
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- Dec 16, 2020
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Here is my DIY down quilt. I sleep cold so I went a little overboard trying to make this quilt as warm as possible. I used this foil backed fabric hoping that would help improve how warm it was.
This fabric was pretty pricy at 26$ a yard, but I figured I was saving some money making it myself so I went for it. I used some lightweight mesh for the baffles and cut them into 3.5 inch strips before sewing onto the fabric.
The most difficult part of sewing this project is dealing with all the extra fabric. I found that rolling it up and clipping it with some binder clips really helped.
I didn't take any more pictures during the project but the next steps were hemming the edges then sewing the inner fabric to the baffles and sewing shut on three edges before adding the down and sewing the final edge shut.
I was able to use this quilt the whole season and haven't had a cold night out in the field yet. I had already made this stuff sack practicing my sewing it fit easily and will pack down smaller if needed. This project was pretty fun and only took an afternoon to sew up. I decided to not sew in a foot box so I could wrap up in it while glassing in the morning. Total weight is about 23 ounces and the cost for this project was about $250.
This fabric was pretty pricy at 26$ a yard, but I figured I was saving some money making it myself so I went for it. I used some lightweight mesh for the baffles and cut them into 3.5 inch strips before sewing onto the fabric.
The most difficult part of sewing this project is dealing with all the extra fabric. I found that rolling it up and clipping it with some binder clips really helped.
I didn't take any more pictures during the project but the next steps were hemming the edges then sewing the inner fabric to the baffles and sewing shut on three edges before adding the down and sewing the final edge shut.
I was able to use this quilt the whole season and haven't had a cold night out in the field yet. I had already made this stuff sack practicing my sewing it fit easily and will pack down smaller if needed. This project was pretty fun and only took an afternoon to sew up. I decided to not sew in a foot box so I could wrap up in it while glassing in the morning. Total weight is about 23 ounces and the cost for this project was about $250.