Compression stuff sack

Bag type: Stuff sack. Style: Compression.

A round stuff sack with a drawcord top and a round cap over it on four webbing straps: each strap is caught in the bottom seam and runs up the side to a ladder lock on a tab in the cap’s bound edge, so pulling the four squeezes a sleeping bag or a quilt down to a smaller pack. Size it by height or by volume.

A free stuff sack sewing pattern. Set your sizes and download it at true scale, with a cut list and a shopping list. Free, no account.

You can change: size · closure · tabs and webbing · seams and finish.

Sizes

Default: 20 × 40 cm (7 7/8 × 15 3/4 in)
Sleeping bag: 20 × 40 cm (7 7/8 × 15 3/4 in). Squeezes a three-season down sleeping bag to a smaller roll for the bottom of a pack.
Quilt: 17 × 32 cm (6 11/16 × 12 5/8 in). A smaller sack for a down quilt or a summer bag: about 7 litres before you pull the straps.

What you need

Outer fabric
Drawcord: 86.8 cm
Compression strap webbing, 20 mm: 248 cm
Ladder lock tab webbing for 4 ladder locks, 20 mm: 36 cm
Cap binding grosgrain, 25 mm: 66.8 cm
Cord lock
Ladder locks, 20 mm × 4

The other patterns

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- Boxed zip pouch: The easiest pouch to cut: one rectangle.
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- Hip pack: A fully rounded hip pack.
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- Drawstring backpack: A flat sack worn on the back.
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- Sling: A flat crossbody bag.
Tray
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