Hunting cushion

18 years ago

Hello all.

The bf wants me to make him a cushion for hunting. The cushion will have straps so that he can wear it around his waist like a fanny pack. It will fold in half and there will be snaps across the top so it won't hang while he's walking. He'd like the inside of the cushion to be polar fleece and the outside will be camouflage fabric. Simple, but I'm not satisfied with just polar fleece for the inside lining. I think I'd like to put another layer between the foam and fleece. Something a little more durable and insulating. A piece of mattress pad? But what if it gets wet? Space blanket? Would that reflect heat? I'm also going to try making one using felted wool for the inside layer. I found camouflage wool at Dorr Mill.

Thanks!

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damascusannie
18 years ago
I'm thinking that you might want something really waterproof inside and be sure to waterproof the outside layer so the whole thing doesn't get all soggy if it's wet when he's hunting. Space blanket might work both as a waterproof layer and reflect some heat as he uses it.

Annie
izzie
18 years ago
I wanted a seat cushion for a kayak but didn't want to pay $90 for the ones they sell in stores. I had one of those life preserves(floataion device) that are square, more of a cushion and have a couple small handles/straps on them. When I took it apart the foam in there was just what I needed. There were several "sheets" of this foam. All I had to do was buy some fabric that would be ok being wet and some straps I had laying around from other projects. See if you have any of those laying around or ask people that have a boat...They are really in-expensive at stores if you need to buy one.
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lamalu
Original Author
18 years ago
The problem I'm having with waterproof fabric is that he thinks it wil make too much noise while he's walking in the woods since the fabric is so stiff. I think the space blanket is going to be too noisy as well. When I unfolded one it rustled like mad. I'll have to play around with it to see if it still rustles when sandwiched with the polar fleece.
damascusannie
18 years ago
I've been talking this over with other hunting families and the consensus is that anything like the space blanket is going to be too noisy--as you discovered. They all agree that you need to stick to soft fabrics so here's what they came up with:

Waterproofed camo chamois or flannel for the outer cover. You can get waterproofing solution at outfitting suppliers. One friend suggested soaking the finished out covering in Thompson's Water-Seal. That's how they water-proof their tents. As far as the inner layer goes, you could use almost anything as long as it's soft and warm; how 'bout just another layer or two of polar fleece?

Annie
izzie
18 years ago
On my kayak seat I didn't use the Noisey nylon woven fabric, I thought it might be to slippery and not stay in place. I found some knit polyester at one of those fabric warehouse places. I don't know what its original purpose was but its kind of like stuff you would make a swimsuit out of, but at least 3x thicker and very dense/tight knit. Some kind of thick poly knit would not make noise and it doesn't really get wet.