Originally Posted by
warbonnetguy
Bill, Interesting point about an UQ being different than a TQ in it's "rigidity", Not something I had considered but that is very true and it was an UQ that I had good luck doing that with. Your point about the TQ behaving different when taking overstuff is noted, but I don't recall ever noticing any perceptible "extra bulge" in the fabric or loss of width from adding overfill, I'll be sure to measure the finished width next time we do an overfilled one to see how much this is actually occurring on a 2 or 3oz overfill.
Another thought... a topquilt doesn't act exactly like a rigid wall either, I mean it's not flat when in use, even though most are cut without a differential, it still bends around your body, and since the inner shell isn't really getting pulled tight around something (like an UQ would be) then it's inherent looseness means that the baffle isn't necesaairly going to take the rectangle or bulged rectangle shape from your pdf because there is a differential of sorts going on with the way it curves around you. In places where the inner shell is loose the inner shell fabric may bulge inward while the outer shell of the same baffle may remain fairly tight/flat. Not sure how the interior volume of the baffle changes when one side is loose and the other tight but that certainly happens some on the inside of a topquilt.
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