UQ with stretch on the inside?

**vitamaltz** · 06-09-2009, 20:14

Joz, I did something almost exactly like what you described for one of my neat sheet underquilts. I got some flat transparent elastic band material from JoAnn that weighed less than an ounce for something like a 30-foot length. I stretched that moderately while I was sewing it along the outisde of the quilt (no hem to speak of on the neat sheet). As long as the corners of the quilt are snug to the hammock, this works really well to eliminate gaps. It's light, cheap, and easy. When I'm out of the hammock and the quilt is relaxed, however, the bunched edges make it look like a giant blue diaper.

**Bug-Bait** · 06-09-2009, 20:19

Originally Posted by tomsawyer222

lol
speer snug fit
mt washington underquilt
same sentence? come on

Anyone who knows Pan won't be surprised.

**Joz** · 06-10-2009, 01:33

Originally Posted by vitamaltz

like a giant blue diaper.

Heeheehee, yeah, that would be the drawback.

Was it difficult to make it? How did you keep the elastic stretched while sewing?

I'm semi-looking for some kind of lightweight stretch fabric, maybe that would be easier than elastic bands. And just to make it extra difficult I plan to make the baffles in different colors, to match my flag, haha.

**vitamaltz** · 06-10-2009, 06:26

This is pretty similar to the product I used: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...RODID=prd17779

I just gently pulled the elastic down the edge of the fabric and away from the machine as it fed under the presser foot. It didn't take much stretch to make it work correctly. I was able to use the once piece of elastic around all four edges without cutting, and it probably took less than 5 minutes.

**tomsawyer222** · 06-11-2009, 09:26

Originally Posted by qpens

Anyone who knows Pan won't be surprised.

I was more pointing to the fact that they are only barely similar in design
Not to the fact that pan would suggest just his or not

**Peter_pan** · 06-11-2009, 10:10

Originally Posted by tomsawyer222

I was more pointing to the fact that they are only barely similar in design
Not to the fact that pan would suggest just his or not

Tom Sawyer222,

FWIW, similiarity of design is not the issue, nor my point... Both of these UQ by their own design fit snugly against the hammock bottom and thus have no air gap which was the issue that post #1 was all about solving.

Pan