Okay, so... I got out my Crazy Quilt scraps & found a lot of textured squares... zigzagged them down on a backing & then covered the seam with ribbon.
These squares are very tactile.
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The yellow ribbon is velvet. I just have to sew down the squiggle and add buttons.
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