So with the couple extra throws I had, I decided to make a matching 50* set of quilts. I tried them out this evening roughly 15* weather with a slight breeze. I was comfortable, but these are not for that cold temperature. I figured with how warm they were in 15*, they would be just fine for 40* and up.
For the top quilt, I started by sewing the foot box in, the whole quilt is only 45" wide with no taper. I folded the quilt in half then stitched 25" up (5 of the quilted squares). Then, I folded the quilt in half again, as to put the vertical stitch that I just made in the center
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Then did a rolled hem on the raw side that was cut to achieve the 45" width. After that, I just put in a channel at the top, ran some shock cord and put on a plastic snap. After that was all done, I just seam ripped the vertical stitches to have an end result with horizontal baffles.
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This all said and done, weighs in at only 338.4g! That's only 11.9oz!!!
Now for the UQ. I ripped all the seams in one direction to get head to toe baffles, shook the down to one end, then stitched across for how long I wanted it to be (60"). Then I made a channel on each of the short ends to cinch this thing up. After those channels were stitched, I grabbed some 7/8" grosgrain and put on the long channels. For the suspension I used 3/32" shock cord and Lash-it to keep the weight down.
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Here is what the suspension looks like. I just spliced the shock cord into the Lash-it and tied a overhand knot in the shock cord so it wouldn't pull through.
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Here she is hung up this evening.
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This UQ with full suspension weighs in at..... 338.9g, or also 11.9oz! It has about 2.5-2.75" of loft as well.
I can also stuff both of these quilts into one of the factory supplied stuff sacks!!!
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