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.

Fidget blankets are made out of soft materials and have various objects sewn on to them, such as zippers, buttons, beads, laces and more. Some even have little pockets.

Submitted photo This group of Trinity Oaks residents — the Fidget Gals — make blankets to provide sensory and tactile stimulation for restless hands of people with Alzheimer’s or other forms ...

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Known as "The Spokane Fidget Project," they handmaking fidget quilts to comfort memory care patients - often with dementia.