Elastic (braid?) in top of unerquilt?

[bubba74]

Wouldn't that decrease the loft of the quilt? The elastics I was/am thinking about would be on the inner layer (against the hammock), thus pulling the quilt up instead of pushing it

[bubba74]

okay, short update

The prototype(s!!) are done and the result it not very encouraging.

I put channels across the width of the quilt at 1/3 and 2/3 lengths in prototype 1 and diagonally from corner to corner in version 2.

Version 1 pulled the quilt pretty much out of shape and the suspension got saggy. No matter how much I tightened the overall suspension, it would sag between the elastic's channels, creating noticeable air gaps in the areas between those channels. Those would be potential cold spots.

Version 2 (with the diagonals) did a much better job in getting the fabric to hug the hammock. The issue it created, though, was that the quilt wanted the bunch up along the suspension's channels all the time. Using a suspension system with tie-outs rather than continuous channels might alleviate that. I tried to simulate that, and the result was somewhat better - but not enough to let me thing that it's worth the effort.

So: idea tried, tested - and discarded (for now)

[Scotty Von Porkchop]

Thanks for he update, always interesting to hear DIYs like this.

I wonder if you'd used weaker elastic would it have therefore not 'overpowered' the suspension?

[bubba74]

hmm, but sure. I put very thin shock cord in both versions of the channels. The fabric would not hang "right" even when they were not tightened at all. So it could als be a weight thing that pulls out or of shape a bit. The main problem areas were not along the suspension but in between the areas with shock cord where things suddenly were a lot l more "loose" than without the cord inserted