Hi Everyone,
I wanted to share the product of my recent DIY adventure into making a down top quilt. I built a 30 degree one, sized wide for ground use as well, somewhat cloned from Enlightened Equipment Revelation's baffle design. I went with an insulated footbox and sewed it closed to about my knees to hold it in place, I sized the insulated section around my size 10 feet. I used EE's pictures and a rough sketch of someone's plan on BackpackingLight to draw up my own plans, which is mostly what I wanted to share as I couldn't easily find one out there.
I drafted my plans for 11x17 sheets so that I could read them when I was working on the quilt. The baffle dimensions are to the finished edge which made it a little annoying to lay them out and I showed the shell cutting dimensions using 3 yd of the outer shell and 2 yd of the inner. Hopefully they will help someone else out in the future.
I used RSBTR for all of my fabric; a 0.9 oz Membrane 15 Charcoal Grey outer shell (because I camp with a dog) and 0.66 oz Membrane 10 Hunter Green inner shell (because I wanted the color). Because RSBTR was out of down and 2.5" baffle strips due to Black Friday I got those from Dutch.
I overstuffed my calculated down shown on the plans by 20% because I saw that suggested in a few spots, and I feel like that was a wise choice despite the 2 oz weight penalty because it is very fluffy. I should have done a better job of distributing the down as I was stuffing it though because it has been much harder to distribute it after I sewed it shut.
I sewed on loops and shock cord to cinch the neck, but I haven't decided yet to put KAM snaps on those or just use a mini carabiner for the few times it might be necessary.
Finished quilt weight is 17.9 oz.
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