The Mount Pleasant High School Fashion Design program was recently approached by team members at Cypress Basin Hospice with a service project idea: design and sew fidget blankets for their patients. Fidget blankets are small activity blankets that provide sensory and tactile stimulation for the restless hands of someone with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Cypress Basin Hospice donated fabric, buttons, ribbon, and other sewing notions to complete the blankets which will be created throughout the school year.

Students in the MPHS Fashion Design program learn how to use a sewing machine, hand stitching, how to read a pattern, fashion illustration, garment construction, and pattern manipulation. Fashion Design I covers the basics with Fashion Design II building upon those skills. Fashion Design II students are planning a fashion show of their creations for the end of this year. The MPHS Fashion Design program is under the guidance of Margaret Bradley.

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MPHS Fashion Design students show some of the fidget blankets they have created so far.

1. Back row L to R: Jordyn Warren, Emily Shelton, Faith Rothrock, Skyler Guereca, Zoey Cato, Melissa Carralero, Jillian Jetton, Daniela Pina, Adrian Brooks, Perla Ferretiz, Emerson Castillo
Front row L to R: Sendy Sandoval, Lizeth Quistan

2. Back row L to R: Amy Carillo, Dayra Valerio, Katie Smith, Karen Hernandez, Jasmin Alvarez, Danna Escobar
Front row L to R: Destiny de la Cruz, Jennifer Castro, Hayden Tennison

3. Back row L to R: Mikayla Hodges, Cecilia Villeda, Karen Hernandez, Haley Carr, Oliver Floyd, Maleah Duenez
Front row L to R: Summer Murillo, Alison Nieto, Melanie Logue