Philmandoo
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Hi Folks
Been meaning to make one of these for ages and finally sorted it - a water resistant underquilt cover for my hammock.
Pretty simple to make, I pegged the material on at each end and then folded both sides of the material over my hammock and marked it. A quick hem on the sewing machine, a hem along the ends and then a piece of 3mm bungee passed the through the side hems. I got it where I was happy and tied it off making loops at each end - these were popped onto the biners that clip on my UQ ( another DIY jobbie that started out as a Costco quilt but bares little resemblance to it now
) I also added a bit of bungee to the ends to crimp it up.
Weighs next to nothing, reckon it'll make a big difference on windy and stormy nights and only cost about a tenner in materials. Hopefully I'll get to test it out soon!
Oh, and you can see my "no tree" hammock hanging rig - a few army tent pole sections rigged together with a few bits of tube welded together and held up by the wall of the cabin on the one end. Not pretty but it works!!
Cheers
Phil
Been meaning to make one of these for ages and finally sorted it - a water resistant underquilt cover for my hammock.
Pretty simple to make, I pegged the material on at each end and then folded both sides of the material over my hammock and marked it. A quick hem on the sewing machine, a hem along the ends and then a piece of 3mm bungee passed the through the side hems. I got it where I was happy and tied it off making loops at each end - these were popped onto the biners that clip on my UQ ( another DIY jobbie that started out as a Costco quilt but bares little resemblance to it now
) I also added a bit of bungee to the ends to crimp it up.Weighs next to nothing, reckon it'll make a big difference on windy and stormy nights and only cost about a tenner in materials. Hopefully I'll get to test it out soon!
Oh, and you can see my "no tree" hammock hanging rig - a few army tent pole sections rigged together with a few bits of tube welded together and held up by the wall of the cabin on the one end. Not pretty but it works!!
Cheers
Phil
