A view days ago I could buy a very cheap fleece blanket at a going-out-of-business sale. I thought I could make a light one-season summer UQ with it. With another fleece blanket I made already a one-season summer TQ. It is pictured already in my "Steinadler" hammock thread. For the UQ I bought still some light rip-stop nylon as shell material. It is calendered on one side, is windproof and is black (same color than the fleece blanket). I sewed the UQ just in the same way as my CS UQ (with channels on all sides and grosgrain loops and midden hooks in all corners) but without any insulation. I used the fleece fabric as liner instead and the rip-stop nylon as shell. The new UQ is 8" longer and 2" wider than my CS UQ. I did not seam up the foot end of the UQ. I used 4 Kam Snaps instead which are about 4" from each other apart. Just enough opening to turn the quilt inside out at any time I want. The Kam Snaps are hidden. Only one side of the snaps can be seen if the quilt is open. The seam allowance around the whole perimeter of the quilt amounts 7/8" and lies inside the quilt. I finished the inner seam allowance with overcasting stitches around the whole perimeter to avoid further fraying inside the quilt. Since the fleece fabric has a slight tendency to tighten itself the quilt has some kind of a differential cut. The outer shell fabric is by all means much looser than the inner fleece but the fleece can stretch to exactly the same size. It did it itself during seam sewing. I made nothing special to achieve the differential cut.
I can use this quilt as a light summer UQ. The uncompressed pack size is about half of my CS UQ. But I have still much more options. I can encase my CS UQ or any other sort of insulation. There is enough place inside. I still think about how I could fix my CS UQ inside this new UQ-cover. I see several alternatives. I could use Kam Snaps and attach some of it inside the quilt right at the seam allowance or I could sew on internally some grosgrain loops and use shock cord to bind the CS UQ inside the cover. I could also lead the foot and head end shock cord of the CS UQ externally or through the inner fleece fabric at foot and head end of the UQ cover. However, there is no need to encase the CS UQ. I could also use the new UQ-cover just like a UQ protector.
I still need some ideas to do it the best way. I'm curious about your comments.
I got the idea for this UQ-cover solution from reading this thread:
Apex CS Underquilt and Differential Cut.
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