First DIY - Sleeping bag to UQ!

[Lofty]

Well my son has a Hennessey hammock and I need to get him a UQ as we are going away for 3 day in July.
so.......
I Took my -7ºC bag and started cutting - Used the HG phoenix as a rough guide. I want him to have basically a full length UQ.




Cut off zippers and draft collar


Did a flat stitch up where I cut and trimmed off extra material.


Pins pins pins and more pins - can't have enough pins to attach 2" gross gain


All stitched up - finished size is 44"x66" now I need to get some shock cord to finish the suspension


I'm happy with my stitching and how corners turned out


size isn't too bad....just rolled up and in bag - some compression can get it about 1/2 that size...... but it is a -7ºC quilt



Now to get shock cord get it tested out.....

[raiffnuke]

Nice work.

[chickenwing]

Nice job. Good looking stitches. Can't wait to see what it looks like hanging up.

[Lofty]

Thanks guys

Just got shock cord and little toggles for the ends. Now to get it installed and tested.

[Boots13]

Man that looks good, I think I'm gonna do the same with an old sleeping bag I got. Thanx for the pix

[nbmorton]

Great Job! Looks nice......

[medicineman03]

Awesome job!

[DivaB]

Great Job!!

[Lofty]

Thanks for the feedback - this was my first real project (my first was sewing loops on webbing)
for a beginner the help of google and youtube I was able to figure everything out and my sewing got better as I went (you can tell that each corner and edge improved in quality as I went)

so now I got the suspension on and got it hung up on my WBBB.


It was a little saggy in the middle so I added additional loops in each corner and attached a secondary line on each end to keep it snug.


Works great - quilt is up, snug and i could feel the heat after a few minutes - definitely worthy for my son to hang with to keep warm.

[jbone357]

Do the ends have a draw strings on them? I'm working on doing something similar and just looking for ideas. Looks good!