Mummy bag to blanket conversion

[killeroy154]

I purchased a military mummy bag last year, so I could see if I liked that type of bag, plus it was inexpensive. It was plenty warm, but I don't like being constrained in it. I've decided to turn it into a blanket. So I started with a seam ripper to cut the threads for the zipper..... yeh right. Scissors worked better. I removed zipper, snaps, velcro, hood and military tag on round foot bed. Ready to sew edges. Time to dig out the old sewing machine. Because i had every thing spooled up with heavy coat thread from a previous project, I had to refill another bobbin with a lighter polyester thread. Wow time gets away when doing camping projects. I'll finish tomorrow.

 

[killeroy154]

I woke up to a rainy afternoon, so good time to finish. All I had left to do was stich the edges. This type of nylon material presented it's own difficulty when sewing. I did get my finger under the needle tightning screw on the downward stroke ouch..... that finger did had a cuss word in it that I won't repeat. My living room looked like a Frosty the snowman murder scene because of all the pieces of white polyfill everywhere. I'll get more use out of it as a blanket.