maviskw

Our quilt club made these about three years ago, and they were well received by area nursing homes. Ours were blankets about 24 X 36 inches or less. We used lots of fleece, fake fur, satin and every conceivable texture of fabric in any shape, sort of like a crazy qult. These were originally supposed to be "Touch Quilts" that would teach blind babies how to crawl. I saw the idea originally on "Sewing With Nancy", but since have not been able to find that again. For lap touch quilts, they certainly could be smaller.

Letty

The mats sound like a good idea.I used to made cloth books with zips velcro fastening,buttons( must be secured between double fabric),fur fabric,lace etc.I also put in suspender fasteners and bra clips, great for the fellas too.The mats would be much quicker to make though,and as my stash of all the bits and pieces are now sadly declined I could find enough for them.Well done Love Letty

Texas_Sue

These are great!

Susan

caspharm

Sound great! My old guild made "Texture" quilts for the Lighthouse group. They would get various fabric pieces and sew them into a small quilt for blind babies.

dorismae904

Thanks to all of you for your response. I hope this will inspire others. I just finished six more of these. Instead of birthing method, I used scrap binding which adds a bit of color. Some ideas, sew a 3 inch square to mat, stuffing it with a piece of batting which gives a bumpy feel. If you have a squeaker, cover that with a square. I also use tulle and slip some sequins in the square. I didn't put any beads on the mats for safety reasons. I did make a child's quiet mat using fat quarters, binding it and adding handles for carrying. Everyone at my nieces baby shower liked it.

maviskw

Could you tell us to where you sent the "Texture Quilts"? I have a bag of stuff to make more, and would like to make some for blind babies.

peaceandjoy

Thanks to Janie67 for mentioning the article in Quilter's Newsletter. That lead me to a link for the Fidget Quilt Project website: http://rowetogether.com/

quiltingmimipj

This was on QB recently.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t234764.html

earthwalker

Thanks for posting this thread. I am a disability support worker and I am very interested in this type of thing. I work with people on the autism spectrum, very interesting and useful. Thank you.

AllyStitches

I have an autistic son. He would have loved something like this when he was young. Thanks for posting, food for thought.