Customer Project: Underquilt

by Jake Williams

• OVERVIEW
• HOW DO I MAKE IT
• MATERIALS

• This is a recent underquilt project that I put together.  After looking at my options online, I found that I could make my own quilt of similar or better quality for a much better price.  I enjoy sewing and thinking through projects like this, so it was fun to put together.  I used a number of online resources and youtube videos to come up with my construction methods.

   
• I used the Catsplat calculator (found on Hammock Forums) to figure out the baffle dimensions.  Then I marked everything out with a grease pencil before sewing anything.  I'm lucky enough to have a couple of really big tables at work, so that helped.  I then sewed the baffles onto the interior side before doing the exterior.  I found that it helped to have a bunch of binder clips so I could roll the sides up and run them through the sewing machine much easier.  I packed in about 11oz of down.  All in all I'm very happy with the result and I can't wait to get out camping!
  
  Thanks for checking it out,
  
  Jake

• Required Materials:

  All materials came from RBTR and I feel very good about the quality.  Ordering and shipping was no hassle and everything arrived in great condition.
  
  Gutermann Mara 70 thread, Vader Blue:              1 roll

   

  0.67 oz Noseeum Baffle Material 2.5”:                    50 ft.

   

  HyperDry 800 FP Duck Down:                                     12oz

   

  1.0 oz HyperD nylon (outer):    3yd

   

  0.66 oz Membrane 10 taffecta nylon (inner):       3yd

  Related Products:

  • Gutermann MARA 70 Thread
  • 0.67 oz Noseeum Baffle material
  • HyperDRY™ 800 FP Duck Down
  • 1.0 oz HyperD™
  • 0.66 oz MEMBRANE 10 Taffeta Nylon