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dragonlady7via http://ift.tt/2fAbO9n:bibliophilecellistsoulsearcher replied to your photo “Yurt interior, 3 am, 30 degrees F. Kerosene heater maintaining a nice…”
The quilt makes for a pretty roof. :)
I never did post about making those in any detail. They’re insulated drapes that used to hang in my childhood living room, which Dad kept as dropcloths or whatever– I took a bunch of them, and used them for the quilt fronts. The batting is either old towels, old mattress pads, or old blankets. The backing is old sheets. These yurt quilt panels cost me zero dollars. The drapes don’t match, there’s two different floral patterns from two different redecorations of that same living room.
And between the quilts and the outer canvas, there’s a layer of foil-backed bubble wrap insulation (brand name Reflectix), to be a vapor barrier and a radiant barrier. But I figured the quilts couldn’t hurt, on top of that.
The plan was to have another layer of nicer quilts made of old skirts, with real batting, that I’d have ties sewn to the backs of so that I could tie them to the rafters, so there’d be an extra layer of air the thickness of the rafters, and the loft wouldn’t get squished down by being behind the rafters. But I didn’t get around to that yet. … OK I finished half of one, and need like, six. So. Anyway.
The quilt makes for a pretty roof. :)
I never did post about making those in any detail. They’re insulated drapes that used to hang in my childhood living room, which Dad kept as dropcloths or whatever– I took a bunch of them, and used them for the quilt fronts. The batting is either old towels, old mattress pads, or old blankets. The backing is old sheets. These yurt quilt panels cost me zero dollars. The drapes don’t match, there’s two different floral patterns from two different redecorations of that same living room.
And between the quilts and the outer canvas, there’s a layer of foil-backed bubble wrap insulation (brand name Reflectix), to be a vapor barrier and a radiant barrier. But I figured the quilts couldn’t hurt, on top of that.
The plan was to have another layer of nicer quilts made of old skirts, with real batting, that I’d have ties sewn to the backs of so that I could tie them to the rafters, so there’d be an extra layer of air the thickness of the rafters, and the loft wouldn’t get squished down by being behind the rafters. But I didn’t get around to that yet. … OK I finished half of one, and need like, six. So. Anyway.
