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Can not use a thimble?
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:23:31 -0500, "Polly Esther"
wrote: I've tried everything that's been offered as a thimble. Silver, brass, open, closed, rimmed, ultrasuede, leather. Everything. Today I've found something for those of us whose fingers need some protection and nothing works - or we absentmindedly slip past the thimbled finger and puncture another one. I knew I was going to be a dismal mess if I didn't find a solution while putting the binding on my sweetheart's quilt. Decided to try just one more thing. I snipped some sort of ½" squares of Johnson-Johnson Heavy-Duty Waterproof FirstAid tape and stacked them on the pad of my 'push' finger. Then, I secured them with one wrap of tape ending on top of the fingernail. Viola! Voila! yesssss. All of that. It works, it works. My first attempt was not so great. I had the edges of the wrap on the pad of my finger and it stuck to every thread that passed by. On top of your nail is where the tape seam needs to be. After about 7 hours of blind-stitching with nary a puncture, I removed the tape. My fingerprint remains unblemished. The FBI will be glad of that. If you have been defeated by thimbles, try the tape. Buy some now before it is marketed as Quilter's Tape and sells for $20 per inch. It could happen. Happy Polly Too late for me. I ended up buying a ring thimble. I push with the side of my finger so standard thimbles didn't work for me at all. Debra in VA See my quilts at: http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere http://www.flickr.com/photos/designsbydeb/ |
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