Keep your sleeping bag clean and odor-free with a Sleeping Bag Liner. It provides a protective layer between your body and the bag. Check out this easy sewing tutorial below.
Sleeping bags are not easy to clean! They can be too big for a home washing machine, and dragging them to a laundromat gets expensive.
We have tried to cut down on dirt by putting a sheet inside a sleeping bag, but it bunches up or gets tangled. What a pain!
I came up with the idea of cutting down a sheet to fit inside a sleeping bag. This sleeping bag liner is a pouch that doubles as a travel sheet.
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How to Make a Sleeping Bag Liner
This simple sewing tutorial involves cutting and stitching a few seams. Only the most basic of sewing skills are needed.
The beauty of using a flat sheet is that the finished top and side edges give you a professional look. Plus, sheets are more affordable than fabric.
Supplies
- Sleeping Bag
- A Flat Sheet
- Measuring Tape
- Scissors
- Pins or Sewing Clips
- Sewing Machine or Serger
Sewing Instructions
Fold your sheet in half long way matching the long edges with the wrong sides together. Lay it out on a flat surface.
With the zipper closed, lay your sleeping bag flat on top of the sheet, matching the zipper side to the open edge of the sheet and the top edge. My twin sheet was the perfect size to fit a pillow on for a pillowcase.
Cut out the other side and bottom edge using the bag as a guide. If also making a pillow case, cut it out with a little room along the finished edge.
Pin or clip the edges together.
Figure out how much of an opening you want along the finished side and mark. I recommend measuring from the top of the head to the waistline. My measurement is 28″.
Using a sewing machine or serger, stitch the edges together from the long-closed side, across the bottom, and then up the side seam to the opening mark.
If making a matching pillowcase, match the right sides together and stitch the sides and bottom closed. Turn and stuff with the pillow.
Slip the liner into the sleeping bag, matching the stitched edge with the opening to the zipper. The seam is on the outside so that it does not rub against the skin.
How simple is that? Use a different sheet so each person gets a liner.
Now you do not have to wash the sleeping bag as often. Throw the sheet in the laundry after each camping trip.
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DIY Sleeping Bag Liner Sewing Project
Keep your sleeping bag clean and odor-free with a Sleeping Bag Liner. It provides a protective layer between your body and the bag.
Materials
- Sleeping Bag
- A Flat Sheet
Tools
- Measuring Tape
- Scissors
- Pins or Sewing Clips
- Sewing Machine or Serger
Instructions
- Fold the sheet in half lengthwise matching the long edges with the wrong sides together. Lay it out on a flat surface.
- Lay the sleeping bag flat on top of the sheet, matching the zipper side to the open edge of the sheet and the top edge. My twin sheet was the perfect size to also fit a pillow on for a pillowcase.
- Cut out the other long side and bottom edge using the bag as a guide. See the photo above.
- If you are also making a pillow case, cut it out with a little room along the finished edge.
- Pin or clip the edges together.
- Calculate how much of an opening you want along the finished side by measuring from the top of the head to the waistline and mark. My measurement is 28".
- Sew or serge the edges together from the long-closed side, across the bottom, and then up the side seam to the opening mark. Reference the photo above.
- Slide the liner into the sleeping bag, matching the opened edge with the zipper. The seam is on the outside so that it does not rub against the skin.
- For a matching pillowcase, match the right sides together and stitch the sides and bottom closed. Turn and stuff with the pillow.
- Launder the sleeping bag liner and pillowcase after each trip.
Notes
A twin flat sheet works well for this project.