Well, I finished one of two down underquilts I am making! I have actually finished all of the other one but stuffing the down and closing the edges. This one is 46" X 72" X 2.5" baffles (I am only 5'9", so the 72" is more than enough length). It lofts to about 3.5". I used a bloomberg pillow (supposedly 800fp, i think it was a little less but not much and almost no feathers) for down and used 13 oz of down. (pillow was $47 off ebay and still have prob 7-8oz left!) I am going to order a little more down from stormcrow to finish the other quilt. It is the same design, but 46"X67"X2.5" baffles (its my wife's and she is 5'3") I made these differential cut and used 1.5" grosgain for the long edges and 1" grosgain for the ends. I think they will work great, but since it summertime here in MS, it will be awhile before I really get to test them... It weighs 26 oz including the stuff sack and suspension. I got all of the 1.1 oz, grosgain, thread, noseeum, and shockcord from BWDD, thanks Scott. I am very happy with it! BTW down gets everywhere!! I used my old tent to get in to try and control it some, which worked but my wife is still laughing at all the random pieces of down floating all over the house!
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