Customer Project: Top quilt with sewn foot box

by Matt

• OVERVIEW
• HOW DO I MAKE IT
• MATERIALS

• I wanted a lightweight top quilt with a sealed footbox.  I probably could have made this with smaller baffles and been fine in most Tennessee weather.  It would have saved a tiny bit of weight but would have stuffed smaller. This "matches" my warm weather Blaze Orange 1.0oz MONOLITE hammock and my Moroccan blue 1.0 HyperD hammock with integrated zipped bugnet.
• For the layout, I followed the plans outlined in the Ultralight Backpacking TQ by Lydia. Found in the projects sections on this site and backpackinglight.com.  VERY HELPFUL!
  
  I should have saved a bit more Down for the "pillow" I made for the foot box because it is the thinnest part.  Though I have not had any cold spots the few times I have been able to use it in the cold.

• Required Materials:

  I used 0.66 oz MEMBRANE 10 Taffeta Nylon (Blaze Orange and Moroccan Blue, 3yds each), 50 ft of 0.67 oz Noseeum baffle material - 3.5" (should have bought 100ft), and 1lb of Down (from Amazon...sorry). The 50ft of mesh was not quite enough but I had some 0.5 Noseeum from a bugnet I made previously...it was more difficulty to work compared to the 0.67.

  Related Products:

  • 0.67 oz Noseeum Baffle material
  • 0.66 oz MEMBRANE 10 Taffeta Nylon