It looks good!
Ambitious project! My wife made a couple of Frostline sleeping bag kits years ago..just watching made me tired!
A few hints (learned 'the hard way'...
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-Stitch tension- I was having a problem with 'too-loose' stitch tension and found the solution was to use a larger needle, so experimenting can be helpful. You'll probably find you need to do some test lines when you switch to sewing the baffles.
- Pinning- If you can, pinning perpendicular to your stitch line (for me, with the heads to the right) makes removing pins as you sew easier. Shorter, sharper, thinner pins with ball heads are easier for me to handle.
- Pressing- Pressing your seams before stitching takes time but it does make the result sharper.
-Cutting - I don't know if your baffle netting needs to be hot-cut? A couple of long strips (one about a foot wide as the under surface, the other ('ruler') narrower) of plywood or particle board can help. If you are not hot-cutting, a rotary cutter is a big improvement over scissors. Buy spare blades as cutting on a harder surface (who can afford those big cutting mats??) can nick the rotary blade.
Marking- you'll need to mark your baffle seam lines, I think. (?). Tailor's 'chalk' is a traditional non-permanent waxy marking item, and there are probably a lot of more modern alternatives - check the notions dept at your fabric/sewing supply. Not all of them will mark slippery nylon, though silnylon IME is a lot worse than other fabrics like the nylon you are using. The very last resort (permanent) would be the 'guy alternative' - Sharpie marker!
Carry on! and more pictures as you go, please.... !
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