MYOG Down Quilt

[Andrew Bishop]

For those interested in down quilt projects, here's the blog post for a labour of love I finished a few months ago.

http://trailsandtracks.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/myog-down-quilt-for-winter-hiking.html

[Jerry Adams]

That looks really nice

26 oz total

6 inch wide baffles, 2 inch deep baffles. I see they bow out quite a bit. What do you think the actual loft is?

Have you slept in it? How does the M50 feel against your skin?

[Scott Jones]

Incredible quilt and incredible journey to make the quilt. Your patience paid off. Looks top notch!

[Rich K.]

Nicely done. I also went the hand stuffing route, but with one less step. I put the giant bag of down (still in the bag) into a box, which I then put on a scale, and just used subtraction to figure out how much down I had used.

[Andrew Bishop]

@Jerry Not sure about the loft. M50 is silky against the skin. However, I am only using this quilt in colder weather, so I usually have a top of some sort on. I also use a liner to reduce the amount of dirt/sweat getting to the quilt.

@Scott Thanks!

@Rich Good idea. There's a lot of arithmetic in these sort of projects!

[Scott Jones]

You should start your own Quilt Company because that Quilt looks so darn good. If you're Australian I guess you could use the quilt in Tasmania or parts of Victoria or fly to New Zealand. It looks too warm for the desert.

[todd]

Whoa that is great looking!

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