what am I doing wrong
#12
While at a sewing group a couple of weeks ago, a fellow quilter gave me a sticky “dot” to use for my appliqué project. You can reuse them over and over (not sure how long exactly) but they look like a tiny felt pad you would but under your furniture...but they stick firmly to your finger. I liked it far better than a clunky thimble...now I’ve just got to order some as my LQS did not have them.
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That sounds like my friend, Tommy Lane. She measures your finger and makes you a thimble. I have had mine for over 25 years and I love it; it has a space for my fingernail at the top; it is the most comfortable thimble I have ever owned.. She used to be at quilt shows, so hope she is still able to do that.
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i am just going to have to try harder to remember to keep moving the thread so I don't stress my thread and wear it in two
i was just hoping that I was doing something wrong - I can't be the only person who has this problem right??
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When I use a thimble, I place it on the end of the needle, but the thread is coming out the side of the eye so is not between the needle and thimble. I learned a neat trick in Sharon Schamber's class a few weeks ago - to basically stitch through the thread tails - and then I don't have to worry about the needle unthreading - which is my usual problem.
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I am another who wears the thimble on my middle right finger, and I push the needle with the side of that finger. This is how I've always done it, it just comes naturally to me this way.
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Does she have contact info? can you pm me or post it here?
That sounds like my friend, Tommy Lane. She measures your finger and makes you a thimble. I have had mine for over 25 years and I love it; it has a space for my fingernail at the top; it is the most comfortable thimble I have ever owned.. She used to be at quilt shows, so hope she is still able to do that.
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When I use a thimble, I place it on the end of the needle, but the thread is coming out the side of the eye so is not between the needle and thimble. I learned a neat trick in Sharon Schamber's class a few weeks ago - to basically stitch through the thread tails - and then I don't have to worry about the needle unthreading - which is my usual problem.
while I am on the couch watching TV sewing maybe I am holding things at a weird angle?? I will have to watch
thank you everyone
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