Congrats on a great job. I am feeling the need to make a UQ, and you pics and specs will be most valuable. Thank!!!
Congrats on a great job. I am feeling the need to make a UQ, and you pics and specs will be most valuable. Thank!!!
That looks Fantastic HappyHiker! Very professional job, good work!
Cheers
Thanks all!
That's a great looking quilt! Nice work!
How do you find the 42" width? Too wide? Too narrow? Just right? I will soon be starting a full length UQ and have yet to decide how wide to make it. The cottage makers' quilts seem to vary between 42"-48", but I have seen DIYs as narrow as 34".
Thanks!
wow, great thread, great work. I'll be making a pair of UQs in the next few weeks, so I'll definitely come back to this for some great info. Thanks
Amazing work! I'm sure you will enjoy that
and great instructions
------
Owner:/ OutDoorTrailGear.com Cottage Industry Co-op / ODTG Facebook / ODTG Twitter
Add your name to GEORGIA Group Hang list
Sweet UQ man! I hope my first project looks half as good.
Its just about right for me. Keep in mind with the darts added, the head and foot end end up ~34" wide - just wide enough to cover my shoulders with a bit to spare. Leaving it wider would definitely give a little more "wiggle" room.
Thanks for the compliments!
Experience is the worst teacher - it presents the exam first and the lesson later. - Unknown
After sleeping with my UQ on a few trips (lowest temp ~24 degrees F, windy) I am generally pleased with it's performance.
The biggest problem I experienced is the seal at the foot end (across my calves) on my gathered end hammocks. The ridge that runs down the length of the hammock causes a gap that the suspension doesn't seal completely, and let cold air trickle in and pool inside the UQ causing major CBS. In the field I plugged the gap with a spare sock, and could also solve the issue by sliding the UQ up to where the foot end rested under my knees, rather than under my calves where there was less of a gap. So I added a draft tube on the foot end that will hopefully address this issue by providing a better seal.
I used a 34" x 8" piece of 1.1 ripstop to form a 32" x 2" tube, filled with 6 grams of down (thats about a 100% overstuff, but I wanted to make sure that draft tube was puffy) - probably overkill. Debated making it removable, and finally decided to just permanently attach it.
Last edited by HappyHiker; 11-08-2011 at 03:45.
Experience is the worst teacher - it presents the exam first and the lesson later. - Unknown
Nice add on. Should be gap proof now, great job.
Yosemite Sam: Are you trying to make me look a fool?
Bugs: You don't need me to make you look like a fool.
Yosemite Sam: Yer deerrrnnn right I don't!
Bookmarks