Well, once again, I'll say what I do. I've used thimbles off and on for garment sewing over the years but when I began to try to learn hand quilting, I realized the thimble was driving me crazy. I bought 4 or 5, metal and the soft rubber or vinyl kind. Nothing worked well; they wouldn't stay on, or they got in the way. In desperation on day I cut the thumb and finger out of an old kid glove (dress glove) that fit my hand nicely, and what do you know?! The glove fingers fit, stay on, and protect my fingers. I cut the glove fingers rather long, at least two inches and they stay on well. I still have problems wearing something on the under hand, though, because I need to "feel" the needle.
I do at times use the soft rubber thimble I bought, along with the glove fingers, but I don't think I'll ever learn to use a metal thimble for hand quilting.
Last edited by Friday1961; 10-27-2014 at 07:05 PM.