Originally Posted by KyKat
Have you ever quilted so much that your fingers got sore? I mean actually split and bleed? Yeah, seriously. I plan to hand-quilt 5 quilts in a relatively short time, and I did almost a whole one this weekend. My index finger on my right hand is actually split. owwwie. Does anyone use one of those leather thimbles? Do they work?
I use a leather thimble and I love it. I'm always amazed that they feel so good, and seem to last so long. I started using the leather thimble for embroidery and am now using it to hand quilt. But I haven't been hand quilting for very long. The metal thimbles are not designed for my shape of finger! They are very uncomfortable to me. But I have ordered a 'tower thimble' from the ThimbleLady and her book to see if I can learn to quilt smaller stitches and a little bit quicker.