Sewing

I got my sewing machine from a thrift store earlier this year, played with it a bit, but never put it to work.

Now I'm going backpacking with my nephew, he needs an underquilt for his hammock, and instead of buying one, I made a rough copy of mine.

It's a little shorter, and heavier, but it's probably a little warmer too 😬

I still have to put the shock cord on the ends, so I haven't tested if it will hold its shape properly, but I think it will.

I cut up an old throw blanket that was gifted to us years ago, we never use it, and it's not pretty, so... 🤷‍♂️ I was gonna cut the tassels off and sew all the edges, but I ran out of gumption. I still might, it would be a weight savings, but I doubt my cuts will be clean and straight, it'll probably look worse.

Edit:

So I tested it out. I was warm at 50 degrees with no breeze, but the temp went up to 55 and a steady breeze started blowing, I definitely felt... Cool, underneath me. So I think it could be decently warm, it just needs some wind breaker material added to it to stop the breeze from sucking away the heat.