13 year olds diy synthetic under quilt

[BillyBob58]

diy sythetic uq i made. total cost of materals was around 50$: 2 yards 5 ounce climashield apex from thru hiker 24$, 3 yards 1.1 ripstop from SLD :15$ cordloks : 1.00$ shock cord 5.00$. contruction was prettey easy, just sew around the perimeter and bind with 1.5 grograin. it measures 40.'' x 55'' i acualy made this quilt 6 mo. ago but i have waited to post until now for testing. i have taken it down 30. degrees f. and been toasty. it weighs 17.ozs with suspention. also works great as a runty TQ for my 4 year old brother!

Good job! Toasty at 30F with 5 oz CS? So maybe you can do 20F and be OK? Which coincidentally is exactly how it is rated, if everything is working right.

For reference: AHE Jarbidge is 6 oz, so no wonder folks are so warm in it.(EDIT: I meant, of course, uses 6 oz/sq/yd or 6 osy Climashield XP or Apex, 1 osy heavier than what OP used)

[JayS]

Nice quilt! You've got quite a future coming!

[scooterdogma]

Great Job! I'm enjoying your net tarp bag, great workmanship. Oh, and go ahead and "torture" your baby brother. What doesn't kill 'em, makes him stronger. My baby sister lived through all my pranks and looked what she grew up to train

[MAD777]

Dang.

I waited until I was 47 years older than you till I was brave enough to try an underquilt.

And yours looks better.

I think that's about how long it took me, also! And my first one was constructed the same way using the same materials!

Excellent job! Your lil' brother is s lucky kid!

[rktodd]

diy sythetic uq i made. total cost of materals was around 50$: 2 yards 5 ounce climashield apex from thru hiker 24$, 3 yards 1.1 ripstop from SLD :15$ cordloks : 1.00$ shock cord 5.00$. contruction was prettey easy, just sew around the perimeter and bind with 1.5 grograin. it measures 40.'' x 55'' i acualy made this quilt 6 mo. ago but i have waited to post until now for testing. i have taken it down 30. degrees f. and been toasty. it weighs 17.ozs with suspention. also works great as a runty TQ for my 4 year old brother!

This is something I'm very interested in making. Need just a little clarification please

I assume, the Climashield is just floating loose inside the quilt, and who is SLD, or another source of rip stop nylon?

Thanks

[Dos]

very nice.
"Thread injecting" ( ) is a great life long skill.

and your brother is lucky too!!

[nuttysquirrel]

This is something I'm very interested in making. Need just a little clarification please

I assume, the Climashield is just floating loose inside the quilt, and who is SLD, or another source of rip stop nylon?

Thanks

the climasheild is a sheet, cut the same size as ONE side of shell mateiral, the other side of ripstop is cut 5'' bigger in all directions( hence ''diff'' cut) so that no mater how tight you pull it up against the hammock the climashield does not compress, reduceing loft and warmth. since one piece of shell fabric is cut larger you must use darts to take up the 5'' of slack fabric. SLD= simply light desingns, google them.

[nuttysquirrel]

clarification, the OUTSIDE shell is cut bigger

[rktodd]

Thanks for the additional info.

[Shug]

diy sythetic uq i made. total cost of materals was around 50$: 2 yards 5 ounce climashield apex from thru hiker 24$, 3 yards 1.1 ripstop from SLD :15$ cordloks : 1.00$ shock cord 5.00$. contruction was prettey easy, just sew around the perimeter and bind with 1.5 grograin. it measures 40.'' x 55'' i acualy made this quilt 6 mo. ago but i have waited to post until now for testing. i have taken it down 30. degrees f. and been toasty. it weighs 17.ozs with suspention. also works great as a runty TQ for my 4 year old brother!

Makes me think of this feller…….
Shug

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