Thread: Alzheimer touch quilt

Another good addition is cord with a few different sized wooden or plastic beads that slide back and forth on the cord, and heavy fringe trim that you find in Home Dec (trim fringe short enough that they dont get it knotted around their fingers if you can't find shorter fringe. My Mom was a thumb "twiddler" & hair twister. If she didn't have something in her hands she would clasp her hands and circle her thumbs around each other constantly or twist her hair. These two items helped control that some.

Originally Posted by piker6ca

Part of the problem is the touch quilts are just going to be given away.
And Im a little nervous about beads on them I don,t want some one to choke .
But some really good idea that you have given me now I have more to add to them thanks so much for the help.
My wife is a PSW and goes to different homes so she can just hand them to her clients .Just like to see them happy.
Just picked up a whole big box of fabric so i,m going to be busy now .
Thanks every one
Tom

To prevent choking concern I slit the top and threaded the cord [I used thick, maybe 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick] through then zigzagged the ends on the underside many times making a circle. I then zigzagged over where I had made the slits, closing it like one side of a buttonhole. I also used the big bright colored wooden beads you can find at Michaels. Diameter was about silver dollar size or a little smaller. Used batting, backing and quilted she couldn't have gotten the beads off if she tried, but she never tried, just slid them back and forth endlessly and ran her fingers through the fringe. It calmed her. I miss her every day.

piker6ca. Would you post some when you finish...I would like to see some. What size do you make them? Some members of our guild sew items for the local ALZ unit and would use this info. Thanks in advance.

I just found the Touch Quilt project and downloaded the pattern PDF. Thanks for alerting me to try this.

http://www.quirkyquilt.com/index.shtml

http://www.alzheimer.mb.ca/touchquiltproject/

In case any one else is interested, here are a couple of links.

To sew on top of vinyl you need to just put a piece of tissue paper, the kind you wrap presents in, on top of the vinyl and your presser foot will sew with no problem. The tissue paper is easy to tear off. Good luck with your project!