I finally finished a down TQ! Up until now, the most complex project I’ve done is a 3/4 length UQ, which ended up being much easier than I expected, but I’d been putting off the TQ for several weeks. I finally found the nerve and the spare time to get it done.
I’m 5’5”, and the quilt is 66” long - just long enough to pull over my head (even though I never actually do this). It’s 50” wide at the head end, has a 42” foot box circumference, and has between 2 and 2 1/2 inches of loft using the 900FP down from Loose Goose Down Supply. When I made my UQ, I used Argon 67 for the inside shell and Argon 90 for the outside, but for this quilt I used Argon 67 for both shells. I couldn’t see where I’d need the extra durability of the Argon 90.
Taking inspiration from a member at backpackinglight, I sewed the top drawcord channel a few inches down, creating sort of a pseudo draft collar. The thing I did differently was to sew it on the inside shell, as opposed to the outer shell. My reasoning was that I’d still get the draft collar effect without the drawcord compressing the down. To close the quilt around my neck, I sewed on 2 small pieces of Omnitape - 1 above the drawcord channel and 1 below.
I’d wanted to have a fully integrated foot box, and although I’d read a few threads here about how this is accomplished, my brain went on strike that day, and I decided to just make a baffled pillow and sew it directly to the end. As I was doing this, the integrated foot box construction method finally clicked in my head as an “Aha!” moment, but the time and effort to go back and do it just wasn’t worth it to me. I finished sewing in my baffled pillow, sewed 20” up the foot end, and attached a triangle reinforcement out of the leftover fabric.
With its many flaws, it’s probably the best looking thing I’ve made so far, so I felt compelled to show it off. Without everyone here, and on the backpackinglight forums, who were brave enough to show their creations and methods of construction, I’d never, EVER have been able to complete this. Thanks for looking!
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