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Posted by Debra on July 8, 2008, 2:47 am
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:23:31 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>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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