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The Perfect Thimble. sriddles 11-11-2006
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Posted by on November 11, 2006, 10:43 am
I was in a LQS the other day and noticed a glass case of these
beautiful thimbles. They were silver (not plated) and were the kind
that is made so that your fingernail sticks out. Just for kicks I tried
one on. They have one that fit me perfect. It didn't fall off, yet it
was like not wearing one at all, very comfortable. I asked "how much"
and she said, "One hundred dollars." Oooo. That was too much for me.
Maybe for Christmas or a birthday, but not that day.

Problem is, my fingers are really small. Even the "small" size of
regular thimbles is too big. I was spending more time chasing the
thimble than quilting. I tried the plastic ones that you put in boiling
water to form to your finger, but they seem too "slick", not like the
end of a regular thimble.

Last night I had a brainstorm and wrapped a piece of double-sided
scotch tape around my finger under the regular thimble. That worked
really well.

I still have thimble-envy for the hundred-dollar one, though.

Still haven't gotten a pic of the current project. It's the fourth one.
Every one I do, I see improvement. That's very exciting to me.

Sherry


Posted by Jeri on November 11, 2006, 11:52 am
sriddles@aol.com wrote:
> I was in a LQS the other day and noticed a glass case of these
> beautiful thimbles. They were silver (not plated) and were the kind
> that is made so that your fingernail sticks out. Just for kicks I
> tried one on. They have one that fit me perfect. It didn't fall off,
> yet it was like not wearing one at all, very comfortable. I asked
> "how much" and she said, "One hundred dollars." Oooo. That was too
> much for me. Maybe for Christmas or a birthday, but not that day.
<snip>

I'll bet it was a Roxanne Thimble. I have one and absolutely LOVE it!
If you know your size you can buy gold or silver plated or polished bronze
ones online for quite abit less than $100.
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."



Posted by Jeri on November 11, 2006, 12:14 pm
> sriddles@aol.com wrote:
>> I was in a LQS the other day and noticed a glass case of these
>> beautiful thimbles. They were silver (not plated) and were the kind
>> that is made so that your fingernail sticks out. Just for kicks I
>> tried one on. They have one that fit me perfect. It didn't fall off,
>> yet it was like not wearing one at all, very comfortable. I asked
>> "how much" and she said, "One hundred dollars." Oooo. That was too
>> much for me. Maybe for Christmas or a birthday, but not that day.
> <snip>
>
> I'll bet it was a Roxanne Thimble. I have one and absolutely LOVE it!
> If you know your size you can buy gold or silver plated or polished
> bronze ones online for quite abit less than $100.

I should have added that mine is silver plated not solid silver. :o)



Posted by Valerie in FL on November 12, 2006, 4:00 am
I bought a Roxanne silver-plated one in Houston for less than $50. Fits
extremely well, but I'm still getting used to it.

--
Valerie in FL
My quilts: http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler


>> sriddles@aol.com wrote:
>>> I was in a LQS the other day and noticed a glass case of these
>>> beautiful thimbles. They were silver (not plated) and were the kind
>>> that is made so that your fingernail sticks out. Just for kicks I
>>> tried one on. They have one that fit me perfect. It didn't fall off,
>>> yet it was like not wearing one at all, very comfortable. I asked
>>> "how much" and she said, "One hundred dollars." Oooo. That was too
>>> much for me. Maybe for Christmas or a birthday, but not that day.
>> <snip>
>>
>> I'll bet it was a Roxanne Thimble. I have one and absolutely LOVE it!
>> If you know your size you can buy gold or silver plated or polished
>> bronze ones online for quite abit less than $100.
>
> I should have added that mine is silver plated not solid silver. :o)
>



Posted by on November 12, 2006, 2:09 pm

Jeri wrote:
> sriddles@aol.com wrote:
> > I was in a LQS the other day and noticed a glass case of these
> > beautiful thimbles. They were silver (not plated) and were the kind
> > that is made so that your fingernail sticks out. Just for kicks I
> > tried one on. They have one that fit me perfect. It didn't fall off,
> > yet it was like not wearing one at all, very comfortable. I asked
> > "how much" and she said, "One hundred dollars." Oooo. That was too
> > much for me. Maybe for Christmas or a birthday, but not that day.
> <snip>
>
> I'll bet it was a Roxanne Thimble. I have one and absolutely LOVE it!
> If you know your size you can buy gold or silver plated or polished bronze
> ones online for quite abit less than $100.
> --
> Jeri
> "Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Yes, thank you! I googled and found a picture of a Roxanne thimble, and
that's the one.

Sherry


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