I finished my DIY down quilt. . It is definitly the hardest thing I made so far, but not so hard that I think someone new to sewing can't make. I only been sewing for the last year, with projects actually turning out the last 6 months.
Below are some pics. I hung it on the hammock today, but forgot to take any pics of it. It is really warm. It came out to 3.5" of loft and 23oz. It is only 72" long (don't ask), I still need to add 6" of length to it. I cut out the materials and figured that with down would add about 2.5 oz.
I used Mom90 and nanoseeum from thru-hiker, and 750 fill down from featherind.
My questions are this for everyone. There is not any good directions out there that I could find. Some come close, but are hard to follow. I want to put together a really easy to follow article for this site. I took plenty of pics as I was going. I am also going to make another one soon and can add pics of that one.
Things in the article so far:
Planning
Where to order materials
My take on length needed
Calculating shell material sizes with seams
Calculating baffle material size for a given loft
Calculating overstuff
Calculating amount of down needed
Baffle length
Construction
Measuring and cutting
Sewing baffles
Sewing edge seams
Stuffing down
Finished edge seams to hold in down
Adding drawstrings
Adding omni tape for foot box
I am sure I am missing something. Please post anything you would like to see added. Others here that I made a one, feel free to add your suggestions.
I am sure my construction methods are not the easiest for everyone. But they made sense to me.
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