Date:         Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:21:29 -0400
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Subject:      Re: insulated window blanket prototype
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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As you are not going to mass produce these can you explain how you embedded
the magnets and how you sewed found them. (I say you but I obviously mean
your wife) (;-)
On Mar 10, 2013 11:16 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> No, it is one piece - the foil faced poly batting is sewn to the
> microsuede. In total, the blanket is only about 3/16" thick. I might make
> thicker versions, I have an alternate design idea.
>
> After finishing sewing up the prototype (and sewing around the embedded
> magnets vexed her), my wife asked how much the Bus Depot ones were. When I
> told her she said "not enough". That response made me realize this was not
> a money making project :)
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2013-03-10, at 8:08 PM, forum email wrote:
>
> > Very nice looking product. By the folded item I assume they are 2
> seperate items. Do you have plans to sell the insulated ones?
> >
> > On Mar 10, 2013 11:04 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > My wife sewed up a insulated window blanket today - I had an idea, I got
> the material, she did the hard work. It turned out pretty nicely, I like it
> better than the commercially available Just Kampers version
> >
> >
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/vanagon-insulated-window-blanket-prototype/
> >
> >
> > alistair
>
>