Costco Camping Quilt
The Costco Quilt. A classic from the Internet’s lightweight camping scene. After the ZPP kit I wanted to try my hand at something more functional, but still fairly cheap and straightforward.
The basic premise of the project is taking a down throw/comforter sold at Costco and turning it into a quilt you can take backpacking. It’s super light, reasonably warm, and easily stuffed into a backpack. The quilts are sold in two-packs, which some take advantage of to double-stuff the down in their quilts. I did not.
A good tutorial on the process can be found here.
![Before](/assets/img/myog/quilt/1.jpg)
![Vertical seam stitched to allow for removal of side panel.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/2.jpg)
![Separated between the above two stitches.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/3.jpg)
![Bias tape over the raw edge.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/4.jpg)
![One half of the zipper attached.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/5.jpg)
![Finished zipper + shock cord channel.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/6.jpg)
![Finished quilt, top and bottom.](/assets/img/myog/quilt/7.jpg)