My son has autism and my avitar quilt, I made for him. It was really easy, I used a pattern from eQuiltPatters.com the patter was really easy to follow. I believe if you put the weighted bags in between the batting and the backing it would work, it would also be a pain to quilt. lol

Thanks everyone for you help. You are all so nice.

I have a question. What is the reason for weighting the quilt?

A lot of the kids in our class need pressure on them to make them feel more aware of themselves and to keep them present with us (in our world so to say). It allows them to concentrate more and calms them. I hope I explained that okay, it's kind of confusing because I don't fully understand it myself yet.

I have the pattern and I'll be happy to send you a copy. PM your address.

I wonder if the weighted quilts work kind of like the swadeling (sp) blankets for babies. You know when you wrap the baby in a blanket so they are like a little package and all you see is their heads and their arms and legs are restricted. Interesting.
I never heard of the weighted quilts.

I think this is a wonderful thing for you to make. My 23yo son is Autistic (nonverbal) and I just found the Autism awareness fabric at our Hancock Fabrics, I bought the whole bolt!!!

For one of his Christmas presents I am going to make him a quilt for his bed. I was going to do a Scrappy Happy type of quilt until I found this material now I might do the puzzle pieces using the awareness material for the border fabric and the backing.

Billy

This might have already come up, but this is a thread where I made an Excel sheet showing how to make a puzzle quilt. It's on page 2, I think.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-28285-1.htm

Would a heavier batting work or two layers of batting?

You could try backing it with denim, (even used blue jeans pieced together would probably work, and inexpensive). This might give it enough weight for the purposes needed. Good Luck.