What Brands Make Kids/Youth or Extra Small Quilts?

Your pic is so cute I love it! My son is 10 mo and I take him out in a backpack carrier to the cascade foothills. Can’t wait to do an overnight.

feathered friends makes a kids bag and quilt. The quilt seems to be the more popular choice because it can adjust to a shorter child and longer child with the draw string around the middle about 3/4 of the way down. They have been out of stock for some time now. Might be worth calling the Seattle store and asking about if it’s in the budget.

https://featheredfriends.com/collections/kids-sleeping-bags

One idea might be cutting the bottom off a cheap synthetic bag and sewing it shut.

Since kids can’t hike far I wouldn’t bother with things like weight and bulk.

For my kids, I started them out in a toddler size synthetic quilt from Enlightened Equipment (they don’t seem to sell them any more).  When they outgrew those, I jumped straight to standard adult size quilts for them.  They stay plenty warm in them, despite having more air and down to warm up for their size.  I typically get quilts rated 20 degrees F colder than I expect to see (e.g. a 10F quilt for 30F weather), for both adults and kids.  The adult size quilts will still fit the kids into their teenage years and perhaps all the way into adulthood, and really aren’t that much heavier or bulkier than a junior size.  Less buying and/or swapping of gear over the years.

My only regret is actually getting quilts instead of bags, as its hard to contain squirmy kids in quilts.  If I did it again, I’d get something with a full zip and closed footbox, either a fully mummy bag, or a hoodless bag like the EE Conundrum.

I ordered a quilt from Nunatak for my 4 year old.

I looked to sleeping bags rather than a quilt for my daughter when she was younger and smaller. Much more selection/choices.

They stay plenty warm in them, despite having more air and down to warm up for their size.

As my daughter outgrew the kids bag I got but was still small for an adult size, I added a couple of snaps in the footbox to have the option to pull up the excess length so no excess dead space to warm.

Thanks for the tip on the Feathered Friends quilt! Looks nice, although it’s a bit pricey for my wallet.

Her current synthetic bag is decent, but since I’ll likely be the one carrying it for the next few years, I’d like it to be lighter and take up less space in my pack. Going lighter and smaller would also make it more possible for her to carry sooner. My wife and I have loose aspirations of taking the kiddo on a camping bike tour along the Danube River in the next few years, which would require an extremely compact camping kit, since I would essentially need to pack all my gear and the kid’s gear into one 40 liter pannier.

I also figure that a quilt that will fit until she’s around 5 foot should carry us for close to the next 10 years, at which point she’ll be about due for an upgrade anyway.

I was hoping a kid’s quilt would actually help keep her on the sleeping pad, since she would essentially be strapped on. As it is, her sleeping bag is big enough that even if I attach the side loops to the pad, she can still flop off onto the ground.