DIY underquilt pre-plan question

[WhollyHamaca]

The crank machines do tend to move around a bit, even though they're so heavy you'd not think they would. I put a car floor mat on the table under mine, with rubber side down and carpeted side up. That keeps her in place and protects the table, also serves as a landing pad for those pesky pins and snippers.
Keep going! You DO indeed deserve such a fine old machine! It just takes patience and a little routine machine maintenance, and you'll be cranking out miles of not-drunken seams, just as good as anybody's.

[ShooTa]

WELL ALL FINISHED...

old machine needed some tlc in terms of WD-40 (no machine oil to hand) then she was running smooooooth
Quilt is finished - after said TLC stitches were much easier and somewhat straighter.
The re-stuffing of the down wwas scary but after i had worked out how best to crush down my bags so i could insert them into the baffles before inverting them
went fairly well.

until i get some of the pics up you will have to just imagine it ...

so far things i would do differently....
not use 2 inch webbing - shock cord bunching is very difficult - i guess ill have to carefully cut out sections.

as for ease of making i would say a 4/10 sewing was the hardest due to the down already being in the quilt so much harder to line up and sew.
expense 1/10 - old bag + £12 worth of extras... 2 in webbing - mini shock-cord - shockcord tensioners - thread.
would i advise it ... probably not - i would use modern materials and then make a UQ before harvesting down from the old bag.

[ShooTa]

right photo time

stuffing station

there was a small breeze and alot of fails when starting ... ITs Christmas.......nope its down.

final method of stuffing.inverting the bag

re-sewing the baffles up
4
view from inside - you can just about make out the UQ through the fabric..maybe was a bit high around my shoulders hence looking short but finishes under my knees.

and here she is in all here glory


the mini shock cord is struggling a bit with the wieght/ i need to cinch it up more. (i think)

hoping to trial it tonight so ill give an update.
and ill be making my head end higher....

[ShooTa]

Well i slept pretty darn well.
at the start i had several cold spots - mainly due to not cinching it up enough (this being my first UQ) but once i had tweaked it i was probably getting too hot if anything.
probably the biggest failing was not having the hammock dialed in enough - i think my angle was too steep - looked like 45 deg this morning, but we live and learn.

[Scotty Von Porkchop]

Progressing nicely -
[ As Scotty pointed out they are akin to tring to sew two pitbulls wrestling in a pool of jello - so hindsight - for the novice its beeter to start from scratch ].

Lol!
The quilt looks great, I see it taking any of the lows you'll get in the UK. Have you weighed it? It looks to me like the fitting under the hammock is the problem. When I use a deep winter bag I add loop in the middle that attach to the ridge-line to pull it up close and I also use linelocs in the corners to attach to the quilt suspension rather than threaded through channels on the edge. This helps to keep it all nice and tight despite weighty quilts.

[ShooTa]

yeah the sag is what ive been working on just now - ive added a tie out in each corder and attached the side cord stoppers to those - but in reality although it works, i really must get some of the larger shock cord - the thin stuff just cant hold the weight that well.
as for weighing ..not yet but its not light.

thank you to everyone that gave me tips/ideas.