question about darting climashield

[cinnamon]

hello all,

while not new to hiking / back packing i am new to hanging. last fall did a short 3 day 3 night trip on the superior trail and while doing the last minute gear check at the trail head decided to throw in my eno dn i had sitting in the truck. spent 2 out of the three nights in the hammock and now i'm hooked. since finding this forum and reading all that i can on the different options for insulation i have decided to go the diy route for an underquilt. the question i have is how does one go about sewing darts in climashield??? made myself a poncho liner uq using this thread as a starting point: http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=21989

i must say that it worked out great and am now planning to make a climashield underquilt along the same lines but am coming to a dead end when trying to figure out how to "form" the insulation ie: sew the two pieces together without creating a cold spot. also i found this thread but neither dose he say how the darts were sewn together.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=19547

can this be done without creating a flat seam and a potential cold spot in the insulation?

~cinnamon

[JerryW]

Welcome to the forum.

When I sew the darts in Climashield, I just butt the edges together and sew a big looping stitch all the way down the seam. Check out the pictures in the KAQ tutorial for an example. I don't pull mine quite as tight as what's shown, I leave the seam a little flatter, but I've never noticed a cold spot.

Hope that helps.


Jerry

[cinnamon]

i had considered doing just that but i wasn't sure that i wanted to do a full seam in that manner. would there be any long term issues doing a "long" seam as apposed to shorter darts?