SALISBURY — Deana Burris has fond memories of her childhood blanket. She remembers the color of it, the smell of it, and especially, the way it felt. “My blanket was satin. I still remember it because ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -A group of area sewing connoisseurs are quilting for a cause. The Western Wisconsin Indianhead chapter of America Sewing Guild dedicates one month each calendar year to a ...

BOISE, Idaho — Volunteers for the Meridian Library District are busy making fidget quilts for more than 30 seniors in their community. Volunteer coordinator Pamela Johnston said these lap-sized quilts ...

GLADE SPRING, Va. — From kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to Alzheimer’s seniors, the need to fidget can be distracting and even destructive. A Glade Spring retiree is helping ...

HIAWATHA, Iowa (KWWL) – One group in Hiawatha is making blankets for hospital patients at St. Luke’s in Cedar Rapids. But these aren’t your typical blankets. Zippers, buttons and velcro cover them.

Shirley Anderson’s new blanket has all sorts of bells and whistles. The small lap quilt features nine squares, with two or more activities per square. There are buttons, zippers, laces, Velcro flaps, ...

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital volunteer sewers have been making special blankets that soothe agitation and provide comfort for some of the hospital's patients. They are sewing fidget blankets, ...

Within one week of learning that the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System needed lap "fidget blankets," the United States Daughters of 1812 delivered 32 blankets. The donations were made ...

Volunteer Linda Bofto, left, shows one of the blankets she and her group made to St. Vincent Healthcare employees Clover Ernest, Leigh Gipe and Briar Boaz. The fidget blankets are made to calm ...