Originally Posted by ganny
Hand quilting is all I have ever done. I have always used a PVC frame. Thimbles just don't work for me. I have to feel the needle. Finally got some rubber finger tips, cut the ends off to fit my fingers and I really like them. I probably could never be fingerprinted. I have stuck my fingers so much, callused over, and filed finger tips to the point that there is probably no pattern left to my fingers. Ever so often, I would stop quilting a few days to let my fingers heal. No longer with the rubber tips.
My late grandmother couldn't be fingerprinted. She'd literally worn off her fingerprints from decades of sewing and crocheting. She always got the biggest kick out of them unsuccessfully trying to fingerprint her when she'd get her driver's license renewed. :lol: