Customer Project: Full size Shorty Under Quilt

by Meandering Mason

• OVERVIEW
• HOW DO I MAKE IT
• MATERIALS

• Somewhere between an Full and 3/4 Length 3 Season Under Quilt (I'm short so it is basically a full quilt for me) 

  Total size: 60" long x 48" wide

  BTW, I call it my banana because it looks like a banana.
• I wanted the outer layer to have a little loft, so I added a 4 extra inches to the outer layer (yellow) and insulation compared to the inside (grey) layer, then tacked it down in pseudo baffles.  I'm not sure if this will make a difference or not in staying warmer.  

  
  

  I added grosgrain to the long sides with a cord lock so I could cinch up the sides to make the quilt fit a little more snug around me.  I used a plastic stitch marker (used for knitting) to lock the cordlock in place.

  
  

  Next, I added some grosgrain on all 4 corners so I can attach the the UQ to my hammock clips and tacked down the shockcord on each corner running the length of the short sides. I used min cordlocks, as I read somewhere that they fit the 1/8 shockcord nicely.  I think it would have been better to use the regular cordlocks instead as the mini are a little too snug.

  
  

  I folder over the sides of the inside layer (grey) on top of the outside layer (yellow) to add a finished seam and left gaps in the sewing where the grosgrain and shockcord came through.

  
  

  Using the lash-it, I attached it to my hammock.

• Required Materials:

  2   yards .66 Membrane 10 taffeta nylon - spectra yellow

  2 yards .66 Membrane 10 taffeta nylon - charcoal grey

  2 yards 5 oz/yd2 APEX Climashield 

  3 yards 3/8" MIL-SPEC Nylon Grosgrain Ribbon

  3 yards 1/8" shockcord

  4 yards grey lash-it

  2 mini cordlocks - although I would suggest using the regular ones instead

  4 regular cordlocks

  Related Products:

  • 0.66 oz MEMBRANE 10 Taffeta Nylon
  • Shock cord
  • Climashield APEX - 5 oz/sq yd
  • MIL-SPEC Nylon Grosgrain Ribbon
  • Regular cordlock
  • Zing-it/Lash-It