Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
OK, I now see I'm in a room full of enablers!! ha ha.
I'm seriously re-visiting my love of hand-quilting, although I have a very bad habit of quilting with my nail without a thimble (just could never get used to any I found) and thus make a hole if I quilt too much (like there's such a thing!).
Hi Trina, BTW, welcome to the board! Both me and Born to hand quilt do just like you, no thimble push with fingernail. I do not consider it a bad habit at all! I also quilt with my index finger and thumb not the middle finger like many do and is supposed to be the correct way. I too end up drilling a hole in my fingernail! I have finally somewhat trained myself to use a thimble so holes in my nails would not bring my handquilting to a grinding halt. They are very fancy thimbles and sized to your finger like rings. They have an opening in the back for your fingernail so feel much more natural then a normal thimble. They were crazy expensive but so worth it because now it takes me a lot longer to drill the hole. I found them at a quilt show and they are made by a woman in the midwest. The closest commercial one I can find is a Roxanne thimble and the price is about the same.
http://www.colonialneedle.com/files/...le_handout.pdf