Frankenquilt lives!

**IronRN** · 04-14-2016, 22:46

I'm new to hammock camping, and a buddy and I planned an overnight hike. However April in BC can still get near freezing at night. I started exploring options for insulation in addition to my sleeping bag. Thermarest already drives me crazy,Under quilts and even the Hennessy super shelter weren't in the budget. But then I stumbled across two older down sleeping bags for sale on the local buy and sell($30). I have already made a summer synthetic under quilt which worked well, but I wouldn't trust it near freezing. So back the the sewing machine I went....the result....FRANKENQUILT!
Field tested last night with tremendous success. Temps were about 2-4c and I was toasty warm.
So for anyone out there contemplating a diy project , be brave, go for it, you may surprise yourself.
Cheers all
Jas

**calpal** · 04-15-2016, 05:44

Nice work. Is the nylon from the bags at all? Finished product looks new to me. Way to go

**IronRN** · 04-15-2016, 23:42

The original bag was blue ripstop, and I wanted to make two quilts if the experiment worked so I split it across the middle width wise. The. Added the grey ripstop to make it just a bit wider 42" total, and also to seal the edge where I split the original bag. I'll use the other half to make a quilt for my son! The second bag I got is identical but red, I'm thinking top quilt project with that one!