Thimble

Ok, I don't want to alarm anybody, but it's just possible that I may have found a thimble I can actually work with.

Clover has come out with a new jelly like rubber thimble with a metal ridged tip. I got a large. My fingers are kind of stubby, but not huge, so they may run a little small. It says they need to fit snug and that the rubber will expand a little bit.

If you have man hands, it may not fit.

It doesn't fall off, it's very comfortable and I have some flexibility with it.

I'm afraid to get too excited, I've only been using it to sew down binding but so far I've kept it on longer than any of the other 200 thimbles that I own. It's not as pricey as a Thimblelady's thimble, but it was over $8. But if it works for me, gosh, it will be wonderful not to poke holes in my finger every time I do any handwork.

I'll keep you posted.

I went to a LQS workshop today with Lynn Hagemeir from Kansas Troubles. Raw edge appliqué. Totally worth it if you ever get the chance. Really quick process, appliqué and quilt all in one step. I thought it was going to be a button hole stitch, but it's just a straight stitch around the edges of the appliqué shape. She doesn't use batting in a lot of her quilts either. She uses a lot of brushed cotton so they have more of a weight than regular cotton.

KT BOM for next year is fabulous. Looks complicated as heck. It ain't.

Cindy

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teleflora
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I know what you mean; I've had to move up to milking pails.

Reply to
Dr. Zachary Smith

It's a *blessing* to find the right thimble. And at $8, you can actually buy more than one to keep around. I hate hunting for the thimble when I've not put it back in the box.

You had me sold with "doesn't fall off". Don't you hate chasing a thimble.

Sherry

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Sherry

I find that my hands and fingertips change size depending on temperature, humidity, and whether I've eaten anything salty. Therefore, I have a wide variety of thimble styles and sizes, and switch which one I use quite a bit. And when I find one I like, I buy it in 3 sizes. And there's this -- a very old lady once told me that you need to change thimbles now and then and have several on hand because if you only have one "favorite", it will roll under a piece of furniture you can't move by yourself, will drop into a floor register, will be eaten by the dog, borrowed by a grandchild, or stepped on.

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Mary

I understand. Somehow/where along the journey, I became custodian of my maternal grandmother's sterling thimble (which I have memories of her using as she did needlepoint when she came to visit). DW has it, and it fits fine, but she's a little paranoid to use it for most of those reasons.

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

That's sweet that your DW treasures it enough to be paranoid, though. I have a Roxanne thimble and I've already told all my kids that if it ends up in a garage sale someday for 25 cents, I am going to come back and haunt them.

Sherry

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Sherry

Howdy!

A tiny bit of tape tucked into the thimble keeps it from slipping... well, at my house, anyway. YMMVON

R/Sandy - $8 for a thimble? get an extra or 4

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Sandy E

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