Originally Posted by NJ Quilter
I use the cone Thimble Lady one as well and love it. How is the thumb one? Do you also quilt away from yourself or do you use the thumb one for a different purpose?
I use it to quilt away from myself and it saves me quite a lot of hassle rotating my hoop.
I found she is absolutely correct: once I learned how to coordinate my fingers using the finger cone thimble, learning to use my thumb was really quick and easy. It took maybe an hour before my thumb stitches matched my finger stitches. Most of that hour was just my fingers getting confused and wanting to revert back to the way they move when I quilt towards myself.
Once that was sorted out, then I had to get used to how much stronger my thumb is than my fingers. I had never noticed before but my thumb really is much stronger and somewhat less sensitive than my fingers.
Well worth the price and the investment of an hour in learning how to use it for me.