When I first started quilting, I couldn't wear a thimble, I did every other kind of sewing without one. I was convinced, though, that I would need to learn to wear one for quilting. The first one that I used was a small black leather one with a metal disc in it, called "the Nimble Thimble". It really was like wearing nothing. The disadvantage of that one is the leather, eventually you will poke through the leather...ouch! That caused me to search for another kind, but by then I was used to a thimble so I was able to consider something else. The next one I liked, for awhile, was a plastic flesh colored one with an opening for fingernails, it was semi-adjustable and worked well for me until I tried the Roxanne thimble. It is expensive but lots of sizes available, what I like about this one is that you push the needle with the pad of your finger, not the top, I found that more comfortable, what I don't like about it, is it also has an opening for long fingernails, which I don't have, but even with very short nails, mine hit the edges of the opening and that made them kind of sore. If you have thin oval shaped fingertips and nails, it should work for you. After using Roxannes thimble, and getting used to pushing with the pad of my finger, I knew that's what I wanted but there aren't many like that to choose from, but I did find one. Clover makes it, and it is a bronze color, again with an opening for nails and it is semi-adjustable for sizing. I really like it and it is much cheaper than Roxannes. Wow, who knew so much could be said about thimbles!!