I’m happy to help. I am so sorry you are discouraged, but I will do my best to explain. I know exactly what you are talking about here. The first several steps here are very similar to making a quilt and when you do that, you ALWAYS have a larger batting and backing than the front of the quilt because you trim it down to the same size after quilting. 54-56” is the recommended width of the lining fabric which is 4-6” wider than the front of the sleeping bag. Standard quilting cotton is 42-44” wide when it it opened up, so that is where I’m getting the approximate 82”. When you cut off selvedges and sew those two identical pieces together, you will have a large lining panel that is about 54-56” x 82” you can trim the longer edge so that it’s about 54-56” x 66” so that you have about three inches of lining “sticking out” if you center the front panel on top of it. I promise it is needed.

This is one where you do kind of need to read through, feel free to ask as many questions as you want, and also do trust the process! This is a tried and true project and I know if you keep going, you will have a sleeping bag you will love! ReplyCancel