I promised Ade that I would keep him informed about my intended mod on my Czech bed roll, as some of you know this sleeping system is made up off a outer nylon envelope ( waterproofed on the base ) an inner blanket which is secured in place
by buttons and what is known as a sanitary liner!!! "don't ask as I have never had the need to use it" - It's a cotton inner sleeping bag meant to keep everything clean. Now with winter getting nearer I thought it would be a good idea to add another layer of insulation to the system - without adding to much weight, so the wife ( bless her ) dragged me kicking n screaming to a fabric store ( I will put store / retailers names at the end of the post along with the standard disclaimer ) to spend my beloved loose change, my first choice for a blanket was for some polar fleece - BUT in the off cut section always look there first there was a roll of what they call acrylic fleece " pictures later " that was more then big enough for the said blanket ( less than half the price of polar fleece RESULT) after a long chat with a sales assistant who wanted to know what and why we wanted everything for she pointed and said ripstop nylon on sale that way !
a half hour later I had 10 meters of uncoated ripstop nylon at a £1.00 per meter - an idea was forming for a home-made underquilt, more on that at a later date - now for some pictures.This photo shows the brown outer bag, the original green blanket and the new blue acrylic blanket this shows the blue blanket in full with the Gray section being a foot box to keep my toes toastythe
foot box will be secured with press studs, while I still have to mark out the button holes for securing the blanket, all zipped up snug as a bug. this gives you some idea how thick the fleece is.
That's it for now Cheers Bri
Fabric bought from Abakhan fabric,s an online retailer. I have no association with this store or any of its staff.