Do use a thimble?
#11
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by prairiequeen
Awhile back a started a topic on whether or not you use a hoop or frame or nothing to hand quilt.Turned out interesting.Now I would like to know if you use a thimble.4 of the 5 people I quilt use nothing.The oldest one uses a thimble(70).
I use a tailor's thimble for everything but hand quilting. For hand quilting, I use a Thimble Lady cone finger thimble and the Thimble Lady thumb thimble.
#12
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 61
I use a thimble on top index finger but nothing on the underside finger - have tried various thimbles, sticky dots etc. on underside but couldn't be sure how much of a "bite" of bottom fabric I was getting so now just tolerate the pricking!
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Elmira, NY
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Usually I use a leather thimble. I only recently found a silver one (in a store) that fit just right. Actually, I my son was going to Wally World for something else, and he picked one up for me, and it fit perfectly. I was so pleasantly surprised. Now if I could just find it.
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#20
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
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Originally Posted by MsEithne
Originally Posted by prairiequeen
Awhile back a started a topic on whether or not you use a hoop or frame or nothing to hand quilt.Turned out interesting.Now I would like to know if you use a thimble.4 of the 5 people I quilt use nothing.The oldest one uses a thimble(70).
I use a tailor's thimble for everything but hand quilting. For hand quilting, I use a Thimble Lady cone finger thimble and the Thimble Lady thumb thimble.
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