bbeyes

Does anyone have a pattern for I could make for dear friend who has demention. I don't know what its called I just call it fingering for lack of a better name.

bearisgray

I've heard some small quilts called 'fidget quilts' - they are lap size - maybe 12 x 18 or so - with different things to finger while holding them.

QuiltnNan

our guild president made one of these and i tried my hand at it too. i used a very busy fabric and that did not work as well as a plainer fabric. the hard part was to get the marble... i had to order them online. https://www.google.com/search?q=marb...w=1017&bih=685

KenmoreGal2

Here's a thread I started a few months ago. It has info regarding how I make them and other people also gave hints on how they make them. I'm told the residents where I donate them use them a lot.

Stitchnripper

KenmoreGal2 - I was inspired by that thread and made one for my mother in law who is in a facility. My father in law was thrilled with it and said "mother likes it". I haven't had any more feedback. They told me she liked rosary beads but they didn't let her keep them in her hands so I found some beads on a thick string and sewed them on along with a zipper, a flap of fabric like a little book and several different size and texture buttons. The background was plain but everything else was very colorful. Great idea.

KenmoreGal2

Wow, that touches me. Thank you for posting this. I love your idea of a rosary bead substitute.

Dementia is a demon.

Melanie Rudy

There are lots of Fidget Quilt patterns/ideas on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pin...autocomplete|1

TGood

Our sewing circle had a blast making fidget blankets/aprons/table toppers. They used their own creativity and had lots of fun doing it. Local Memory Units were very appreciative of them

Jakers1

I became friends with a couple when I worked with the husband. They both retired, and I recently found out she had early onset Alzheimer's. I found out where she is and decided to make her a lap quilt. Thankfully for this thread I can make it into a figit quilt as well. Thanks for the ideas, it should be a fun one to make.

maviskw

The ones we made were different kinds of fabric, from satin to burlap. Anything with a different feel. They are put together in squares or triangles or oblongs or a mixture of anything you want. I had a cut out teddy bear made of fur, so appliqued that onto a background with buttonhole stitch on my machine. Faux fur works great for such things.