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How to Make a Fleece Sleep Sack

A sleep sack may be used outside a sleeping bag, inside a sleeping bag or alone. Some hostels require their guests to use a sleep sack between their sleeping bag and the hostel's bedding to keep road dirt off their bedding. A sleep sack is also a great extra layer inside a sleeping bag to add warmth and reduce the need to launder the bag. Use the sack alone on mild nights.

Things You'll Need

Yardstick
Fleece
Scissors
Straight pins
Sewing machine
Thread

Instructions

- 1
  Cut a rectangle of fleece 1 inch wider and longer than the desired dimensions of the sack. If the sack will be used on the outside of a sleeping bag, cut the fleece 4 inches longer and wider than the bag. Cut it the same length as the bag, and 3 inches narrower if it is to be used inside the bag.
- 2
  Cut a rectangle for the top of the sack, 12 inches shorter than the first rectangle.
- 3
  Pin the top of the sack to the bottom, with the side and bottom edges aligned.
- 4
  Set the sewing machine to sew a straight stitch with a standard stitch length. Sew the top of the sack to the bottom by sewing 1/2 inch from the side and bottom edges. Leave one short edge open.

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