DIY Top Quilt- A 16hr Cookie Cave creation.

[CooOkieCOOon]

Made a quilt for a good friend who will be traveling in Africa for the next six weeks. It's winter weather there now ( by Texans considerations anyway ) and temps will be in the 30's at night. She's a cold sleeper so I decided on a 20° quilt.
It was my first time trying something with an extensive pattern.
The printed fabric was found at Hancocks fabric. I used 850 fill from Wilderness Logics and made a smallish pillow out of the fabric and filled it with the down to test for leaking. I roughed it up, stuff it in sacks- pretty much everything that would happen in a quilt form for a couple of days and found no issues with the down leaking.
The green fabric is 1.0 HyperD and the Olive Yellow is the 0.66 Membrane both from RipStopByTheRoll.
Turned out pretty great. The Membrane is real nice. It looks all stretched and crooked in the pictures but it's not- the noseeum baffles are just moving it. 16hrs!

Enjoy!


Build-

Squares all laid out-
Everything sewn together-
Laid the top, inside and noseeum down to cut out pattern-
Cut out-
Cut out baffles-
Used painters tape as a guide for sewing on baffles-
Baffles sewn on top layer-
Same thing for inside layer-
Both layers sewn together-
Fill time!
Success!
Its 50" at the top tapered to 40 at the bottom and about 76" long.
It's has about 3" of loft.. ( I may have over stuff it a bit! ) I'm sure it's more like a 10°-15° quilt. I used a soft polyester around the top and sides to bind the sides. Rolled hemmed the bottom- the black binding was an after thought and I will add the black to the bottom when she gets back. ( Ran out of time ) Both the top and bottom have draw strings and snaps.
It was a fun project!

Thanks and CooOokieCOoOonnn!

[Eidson]

Wow! That is an impressive quilt and I cannot imagine how intensive the build actually was on this. I don't think photos would ever tell the whole story. I'm impressed that you were able to even make this a 16 hour labor of love.
You mentioned that you tested the print for down proofness a little, but I'm still curious as to what kind of fabric it actually is.

[CooOkieCOOon]

Wow! That is an impressive quilt and I cannot imagine how intensive the build actually was on this. I don't think photos would ever tell the whole story. I'm impressed that you were able to even make this a 16 hour labor of love.
You mentioned that you tested the print for down proofness a little, but I'm still curious as to what kind of fabric it actually is.

It's just a cotton fabric. With the high fill power down and there not being many feathers- I don't see much of a problem. The quilt will almost always be used inside.

[MAD777]

Yikes! That's one fancy quilt! 👍

[CooOkieCOOon]

Yikes! That's one fancy quilt!

Thank ye.

[georgecarr]

That must be a good friend, lol!. I love the pattern - no wonder you have 16 hours into it! Excellent job!

[CooOkieCOOon]

That must be a good friend, lol!. I love the pattern - no wonder you have 16 hours into it! Excellent job!

Indeed! Lol. Thanks, again. Looking forward to getting my hands on some of your gear!

[sr1355]

BEAUTIFUL!!! As we have made quite a few complex pattern TQ I can appreciate your HARD work.... Looks GREAT!!!

[Drybones]

Love it!!! Fantastic job, she'll love that quilt.

[CooOkieCOOon]

BEAUTIFUL!!! As we have made quite a few complex pattern TQ I can appreciate your HARD work.... Looks GREAT!!!

Thanks, Paul! I still marvel over y'alls gear every time I see it in the wild. Top notch quality. 🏻