Fidget (or Busy Hands) Quilts for Alzheimer's Patients
#11
This is a great project for leftover blocks. Do you just put the key inside and stitch a area around it? Do you wrap the key with batting or fabric before you put it inside? This project is very near and dear to me and I am going to start on one this afternoon. Thank you for the push.
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Thank you so much for this post. My father just passed away two weeks ago from AD and Pulmonary Fibrosis. Your post really touched me this morning. I think that this is something I want to start doing to donate to local nursing homes and hospice facilities. It is something I wish I had known about for my dad but might comfort others.
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We made "touch blankets" a few years ago for nursing homes. Everyone found touchy-feelie things they had and we just sewed them together however they might fit. We used cottons, plush, faux-fur, corduroy, denim, satin, strong lace, rick-rack; anything you can think of that had a different feel. I had a cut-out of a plush teddy bear, so I appliqued that in one square with button-hole stitch. If a blind person felt around the outside, they could recognize it as a teddy bear. The nursing homes were happy to get them.
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