DIY underquilt

[LookinForArrows]

Tested out my first DIY down underquilt this week and was very pleasantly supprised. I am now a complete down convert!

My goal was to make a 4 season 3/4 length underquilt. Currently I use a 0° bag as my winter top quilt, and since I wanted a 4 season underquilt I did not go to extream with the down. While the low was only 31° degrees I was so hot that I am confident to at least 20°, but only time, and the arival of winter, will tell.

Down was harvested from coats aquired at the Salvation Army. One of which i harvested over 5.5oz of 100% down for a whopping $8! The UQ is made from 0.9 oz illume15 from RipstopByTheRoll and the weight includes all the suspension.

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[pinballwizard]

Great job, it looks amazing! Tell us more; we love to know specs

[CountryRoads]

Nice quilt. I've harvested down from coats. I bet that was not very fun.

[LookinForArrows]

Nice quilt. I've harvested down from coats. I bet that was not very fun.

Actualy, harvesting the down from the coats was easer and cleaner than stuffing the quilt. I ripped all the seams, moved the down to the corner, and used a shop vac/panty hoes to suck it out.