Help! I can't wear a thimble!
#31
I use the metal one with the rim around it. If you just make yourself do it, you'll soon get used to it. If it wants to slip off your finger, simply wet your finger and put it back on. This creates a vacume that will keep it on your finger. If you are right handed, put it on your third finger. You can do it.
#32
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Dewittville, NY
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Originally Posted by littlehud
I buy heavy gloves (the kind you buy to wash dishes) and cut the fingers off one by one to use. Protects my fingers just fine.
#33
I have many thimbles and have had the same problems that the rest of you have had. Found a new thimble by Clover - tip is metal and sides are that silicone or rubbery stuff. It doesn't fall off. $8.95 My only problem is that I tend to use the side of my finger for lots of stitches as well as the tip and occasionally it will go through the rubber and prick a bit.
#35
I have trouble with thimbles as well. I use a small piece of plastic cut from the top of a Christmas card box, and cut small strips of tape from the first aid box, criss-crossing them across my finger. I was sewing the binding on a very large quilt a couple of weekends ago, and had this on my push finger all weekend, and my DH finally asked what was wrong with my finger Sunday evening. LOL
#36
Originally Posted by smiles
I can't seem to work with a leather thimble so I use a product called Thimble -It. It's is oval in shape & you stick it on your finger, holds really well & works great for me. It's made by Colonial Needle Co. www.colonialneedle.com Tel # 1-800-9-needle
#37
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
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Another here who never learned to use a thimble. Quilting can be a real pain and that needle seems to find the hole it punctured over and over! I think I have one of every thimble produced plus some other ideas such as a banjo pick! I finally decided I liked the leather thimbles but those get full of holes. The one I really, really like is the coin thimble that is leather so it fits to my finger but it has a dimpled metal circle in the tip that the needle hasn't punctured yet. Best thing I've found yet.
#38
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tidewater area, Virginia
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I can not wear a thimble either.
After months of frustration, I tried a baby spoon on the underside of the quilt and it works well for me. Hold the handle in your hand and put your thumb in the spoon. For the top, I use my fingernail. Hope this helps someone.
After months of frustration, I tried a baby spoon on the underside of the quilt and it works well for me. Hold the handle in your hand and put your thumb in the spoon. For the top, I use my fingernail. Hope this helps someone.
#39
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Houston, TX
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Get one of the Roxanne thimbles. The top is open so your nail can show through and the end of your nail is outside the thimble. It is so comfortable I forget it's there except for the weight.
And always wear it on your THIRD finger, not your index finger.
And always wear it on your THIRD finger, not your index finger.
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