Bushwalk Australia

I've posted a Wanted To buy in the market place though don't have high hopes, so am also looking into patterns/ instructions for making my own. I'm alright on my sewing machine and making things. There's a lot of youtube vids and websites with UL quilt/ sleeping bag patterns, so I'd like to get recommendations from people who have actually made them or know the designer/ maker has a good reputation.
Thanks in advance!

I am very happy with my light weight quilt
I used this design from the backpackinglight forums with bug net baffles

I'm pretty good with a sewing machine but I've not the patience to work with down and baffles. My experience with UL fabrics tells me you need to set-up a dedicated and well tuned machine to get the best out of sub-1ounce fabrics.
You'd need to provide full details about your needs, including age because that has a bearing on metabolism [ mine has fallen a lot over the last 2 decades] and your experience with handling cold and whether or not you are going to include high loft clothing as part of your sleeping system and your budget because high fill power down is becoming very expensive lately.
Your needs would include your expected lowest temperature and what safety margin you would need, which depends on clothing worn. If you are going to use clothing the bag needs to be substantially bigger all around and comes with a weight penalty, how much zipper you want or need as zippers add complexity and extra weight but are a bonus where versatility is concerned.

I've made several down quilts for myself and family members.
The last quilt used the pattern shown by Rider and I enclosed the bottom section and made a box foot.
The thing I noticed when sewing a quilt that you need to have extra allowance for the width or length depending on whether the baffles are vertical or horizontal. UL fabric comes in 152cm width so that constrains the width, so you get a wider quilt with vertical baffles.
You need to workout the warmth required and buy the down, the baffle height is defined by the warmth required. Better to slightly overfill than underfill as if the baffles are too high for the amount of down in them it will be alot colder than its rating.

hope this helps
Bron