My first DIY Underblanket

Hey folks,

Well I finally went for it and made my own under blanket.

It is made from cotton quilted fleece.

I didn't follow 1 particular plan but got ideas from here and there .

I got my rectangle of material and cut it to the right size. Next I cut the curves for the bottom.

Bias binding was then added to the 2 long sides then the edges were folded back on themselves and sewn to create a channel.

Next the curves were sewn to give its final shape.

I was umming and ahhing for ages on what to do for the ends as I needed them to scrunch tight so in the end I added bias binding to the edges first then bought some ripstop nylon to create the end channels.

To hang it, I am using 3mm paracord on the side channels and 5mm bungees on the end channels both with cord locks to keep it either in place or scrunched up for the ends.

It was all hand sewn ( Took a fair bit of time) as the machine decided to give up the ghost.

At the Glen Tanar meet last weekend each night the temps dropped below zero. It performed excellent, it took around 10 min to warm up but once the dead space heated it was lovely and warm.

I'm glad I finally got on with it certainly made a hell of a difference.

I am now working on a top half to make it modular so it can be used either with or without.

ok pictures are worth a thousand words:

































any questions or criticisms fire away.

thanks for looking

Craig