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If you just use the throw as-is, most people are claiming 55 - 50 degrees F. If you rip one set of seams (either horizontal/lateral or vertical/longitudinal) people are seeing around 45 - 40. As far...

Reflectix, even a small 12" x 12" square can be nice to have and very multifunctional between going under your feet if they get cold, to being a mat to use for getting in and out of your hammock and...

Do you use any type of sit pad? Even a simple square of reflectix will help keep your feet warm. You could also do like others and use their empty backpack under you feet as well.

As far as your...

Thanks Lamont!

I didn't. I merely split the 40" x 5" tube into the aforementioned 40" x 3" and 40" x 2" sections, and then slid them into the blue sleeves.

I didn't really want to mess with the down since I...

I haven't measured anything since I haven't pulled the down out of the blanket to measure the amount, but after looking at the amount stuck in the seams of fabric I didn't pre-pluck before cutting,...

The quilt is closed off, but I am pulling the down out of the seams from outside of the quilt (but not actually pulling the down out of the quilt) to free up extra down that was trapped.

I will try my best, but it is a little difficult to describe.

Shake all the down to one side of the quilt. That should leave the other side of the quilt as just loose fabric.

If you then take...

All of this depends on if you sleep hot or cold, but if you don't rip seams (either all horizontal, or all vertical rows) then people say its good to about 50 - 55 degrees. Rip some seam rows and its...

Well done! I ended up making a pair out of paracord. That way, if I really​ had a need for some extra rope, I could always sacrifice them.

I did not add any down to either of mine. The underquilt is thick and full, but that is because I shifted all of the down from the area that I was going to remove to the area that I was keeping:
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When I did my underquilt, the first thing that I did after ripping the horizontal seams was to over the vertical seams one by one and pull/tug at the feathers stuck in the seams.

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Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions once you get to making your own. It's pretty straight forward, and the hardest part was sewing the differential at the head and foot ends of the quilt,...

I haven't had the chance to create a down collector attachment for my shopvac, so until then, I try to avoid messing with down if at all possible. It's almost as bad as sand after going to the beach....

Thanks! Took longer than I thought, but I managed to finally knock it out in between feedings and naps of my newborn daughter.

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When I did manage to get around to finishing the project, I made sure to measure the fabric doubled over first, and added the additional fabric needed for the rolled seam. I...

Alright Ladies and Gentlemen...

Here is my latest project: The Costco "Warbonnet Summer Yeti" Down Underquilt.

After reviewing all of the various takes on converting the Costco throw into an...

Looks nice Carbon!

Faux baffles are super easy to do. The most difficult part is taking time to mark everything and then pinning it up. It's real easy to make sure you don't grab any feathers in the material before you...

Gadget got them jokes y'all [emoji12]

Either way, it covers plenty good for me as a summer quilt should.

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I guess it is half lol! My buddy has an UQ that only covers from shoulders to butt and calls that a half. Guess I need to read up on my quilt lengths! I figured since this hits my knees, it was 3/4....

Good to hear. If the math on my costco 3/4 underquilt is right, it should go down to 35, but I was unsure how far down my TQ would go. At least this gives me a target temp.

Do you sleep hot or...

40" x 46" not counting the suspension channels. Dual differential cut due to the faux baffles, and w inch faux baffles at both ends. Outer layer is 60" x 50". It also has a 3 inch collar at the head,...

Nope. No extra. The faux baffles really allow the quilt to fluff up, and it doesn't hurt that all the extra down from the removed portion was shifted down in the chambers before cutting the quilt to...

Thanks. It's all the original quilt down too.

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I haven't had a chance to do a write-up yet, but here is my costco 3/4 lenght underquilt with faux baffles. I'm getting 2-1/2 inches of loft.
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Thanks! Grab some old t-shirts or cheap fabric and run some lines, practice going in reverse, etc... Before you start on that quilt.

I pinned them together and then ran the stitch as close to the edge of both layers as I could. If you look closely in the full length picture, you can see it at the bottom last two rows.

LUL.... Some grosgrain, no seams ripped, and no suspension... and turn a profit: ...

Remind me to never borrow a hammock from you!

It should. By how much, I am not sure. However, you will be eliminating the sewn-through seam issue, which should help to retain more heat. This also allows for a larger chamber which will allow the...

Here is how I'm doing it:

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Just mark your distance, taking into account that you will need to leave a small amount for the fabric folding to create the seam, pin it up, and then...

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Let me see if I can put it into layman's terms...

So, a regular baffle would look like the letter H. You have a top and bottom layer, with a piece of fabric connecting the two.


The costco...

I'm a non-member, and it was $54.61 including shipping and the $2 non-member surcharge fee. Sure, membership usually has its rewards, but this time isn't one of those cases.

Nope. None what's so ever. Get some nikwax down wash.

I was debating a karo step using faux baffles. Looks good either way!

I bit the bullet and bought the machine. It was actually in great shape, and as far as I can tell it is 100% functional. It was purchased from an estate sale, along with 4 other sewing machines. The...

I'll reach out and let you know. So far, what I am finding online, is for other 158 series machines, but I am hoping that the internals are close enough that it will at least work enough to let me...

Gear grease brand recommendation?

Thanks for the tip about any gumming. did you just use a regular sewing/machine oil, or did you also use any grease for any of the parts?

Yeah... this was more of a "lunch-time" browsing of Craigslist for some other materials, and the thought of looking up sewing machines hit me. I'll have to look around for some fabric here at work...

So... After messing with my wife's Brother CS6000i, and it strictly being a light-duty sewing machine and giving me issues with multiple fabric layers, I have decided that I would find a heavy duty...

Just in case anyone is attempting to find the picture that used to be in this post, here it is:

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Lucky duck. Yeah, I was sewing through the quilt, two layers of doubled over nylon, any thread used to hold the nylon, and then folded and doubled over grosgrain. I am sure I put the motor to the...

Thanks crazy. My recommendation is to buy some cheap fabric from somewhere (wally world, joann's, etc...) and just practice running stitches. I should have done that before my first two hammocks. It...

Thanks!

Yeah, I made grosgrain loops to attach the shock cord to since the CS6000i didn't want anything to do with the shock cord (constant E6 error code), and even at times I had to manually work...

Here's my take on the Costco DIY TQ: The Costco "Warbonnet Mamba Jr." Down Throw Top Quilt

The TL;DR: All the bells and whistles of the Warbonnet Mamba in a two season (late spring/summer/early...

Thanks! It was either black or the olive, and my wife told me to go with the olive. I was hoping my royal blue nylon scraps would be in from RSBTR, but I got impatient. That just leaves more fabric...

I'm hoping to bust out the Under Quilt over the next few nights so that I can test it out for a few hours on either Saturday night, or early Sunday morning while it's cold outside. My current hang...