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    My First UQ

    Just finished my first UQ. It's 42" x 60" x 3" with 10 oz of 900+ down from stormcrow. This is my first diy major piece of gear. When stuffing the down I dropped the bags in the channels with the side that opens facing down. I opened the ziplock bags through the UQ pulling the down out and turning the ziplock bag inside out. By the time I worked the ziplock to the open end of the UQ almost all the down was off. Just had a few clumps to drop down the channel. This worked great, no down got away, I let gravity do all the work.











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    Good Job...

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    Whooooo Buddy! That is really nice...
    Do ya' feel all warm and tingly? You should.
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    Haven't got to try it out yet, I ordered wrong size cord locks for the shock cord so I can't cinch it up tight yet.
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    EEEEHAWWW, that is nice!!!! Good job.
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    Looks nice. How much gear making experience did you have before tackling this project? Not sure I'm ready for quilt work.
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    man some of the work that you guys do is amazing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knotty View Post
    Looks nice. How much gear making experience did you have before tackling this project? Not sure I'm ready for quilt work.
    None, this was my first except for alcohol stoves.
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    Really nice. Congrats.
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    I love to see my goose down go to a good place. And my friend, that is a great looking place! . Great work on that quilt!
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