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Fidget spinners have pretty much taken over childhood right now and these fidget quilts or busy quilts are perfect for littles ones. I especially love the one with the jeans pocket and a beanie bear in it. I love the idea of dad’s belt too with key chains hanging off it.
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Video Tutorial- 10 Hacks for Better Quilting
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I was asked to make one of these for a friend’s elderly father who was suffering from dementia. It had lots of buttons, zips, pockets, toggles, laces on it. Every time they visited the care home he was in, he had it laid on his knee and was keeping busy with it. Sadly, he has recently died but it helped keep him focussed during his final months