Originally Posted by
JoanneS
Does anyone know where I can buy the filler weights for a weighted blanket. I want to makeone for my autistic grandchild. He uses one at his school, and it calms him down so much that he can self-prevent having a tantrum. The blankets are VERY expensive to buy, and my DIL has asked me to make one. I'd love to make one and personalize it for Charlie.
I made one for my great grandson in Missouri and sent it to him about a year ago. I used old sheets rolled up to weight it and would suggest making the quilt using the directions on the Linus blankets web site. My grandson uses it at home and told me when I visited at Thanksgiving how much he liked it. But I had trouble rolling the sheets and keeping them rolled so would suggest tying them with the torn edges for I tore the old sheets. Good luck for this REALLY WORKS.