Making your Own Sleeping Bag Fleece liners ?

[Scots_Charles_River]

So has anyone done it ?

I am pricing up the fleece material and want to just use a bungee drawstring at the neck and avoid the zip closure up the side. The zips are a faff and jam a bit.

 

[John Fenna]

I used to make Fibre-pile sleepingbags for our outsized Scout leaders. No Zips but a shaped hood with a drawcord. All very easy except finding space to lay out and cut the pieces! I sewed the edges of the pieces then overlocked them then did a simple hem around the hood which acted as the drawcord tunnel.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Thanks John. I forgot that old style fibre pile a.k.a Helly Hansen blue jackets, are actually bomber and toasty.

I have tech drawing desks at school so can lay them out there for cutting.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

This looks big enough for younger kids, 1.5 width. http://www.profabrics.co.uk/shop/show_product_info.php?id=B10 - 09

 

[bilmo-p5]

Have a look here.

It was snuggy warm but just too bulky so I've since taken out the liner & put it in a bivvy bag. It's still quite bulky but still snuggy warm.
It used a couple of mtrs of the fibrepile you linked.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Thanks. once I cot it out, it may be cheaper just to buy commercial ones, as we don't pay VAT at school. Something like this one, http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-f..._cmp=ppc_g__&gclid=CM2Cq4KSsrcCFVMftAodMHAA9A

 

[kard133]

How about some cheap fleece blankets from Ikea, between £1.60 and £3 each, and they measure approximately 170cm X 130cm, might be usable?

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

How about some cheap fleece blankets from Ikea, between £1.60 and £3 each, and they measure approximately 170cm X 130cm, might be usable?

Good idea. Must see how thick they are.

 

[Dogoak]

I used to make Fibre-pile sleepingbags for our outsized Scout leaders. No Zips but a shaped hood with a drawcord. All very easy except finding space to lay out and cut the pieces! I sewed the edges of the pieces then overlocked them then did a simple hem around the hood which acted as the drawcord tunnel.

I did the same to go inside my son's junior Vango sleeping bag to extend it's range. No fancy overlocked seams but I did manage a round foot section.

 

[John Fenna]

I did the same to go inside my son's junior Vango sleeping bag to extend it's range. No fancy overlocked seams but I did manage a round foot section.

I found rectangles easier and more efficient in use of fabric

 

[bilmo-p5]

Rectangles don't work so well in shaped bags though.

 

[John Fenna]

Yeah - point.
I was making full on bags not liners though so that was not an issue for me