May 20, 2019 · Back to Thimbles When I hand sew, I always use a thimble, and it is usually a leather thimble, although I have tried many other types of thimbles over the years. I always come back to the leather thimble in some guise or other, though, because the flexibility of the leather makes the thimble more easily a part of my hand.

Dec 7, 2011 · The Thimble - it is a humble little tool that's been around for a long time! Did you know the earliest archeological thimble-finds date to the 1st century AD? So it's a little tool with a long history, and throughout the thimble's history - whether made from ornate, precious materials or …

Mar 28, 2018 · Over the years, I've discovered that most folks who use a regular thimble when they embroider were raised on a thimble. All their hand-embroidering lives, they've used thimbles, so that using one is second nature to them. Tried-and-true thimble users wouldn't even think of stitching without a th

Jan 12, 2011 · The metal thimble is covered with a skin of yellow rubber-like material, so that the needle doesn’t slip on the metal of the thimble. These open thimbles come in three sizes – small, medium, and large – and I found that the medium fits very well right over my first finger, almost down to the first knuckle.

Feb 15, 2011 · A month ago today, I wrote about Thimbles. But don’t worry – on the Ides of every month, I don’t plan on writing about thimbles! What I really enjoyed about the post was the reader input on the question of thimbles. There were over 100 comments on that post, and so many of them were good suggestions, good stories, and good information about thimbles and finger …

Dec 22, 2011 · Many readers commented on their preference for these stick on thimbles, which are actually metal and dimpled like a thimble, but instead of a full-fledge thimble, they are little disks, and they adhere to the finger with a little double-sided sticky dot.

Jan 10, 2022 · I use Bohin’s leather thimbles for this project. It’s the only time I really use a thimble. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t do this project without a thimble, and this particular thimble is the most comfortable and easy to manage thimble for me. When you use a thimble, you generally end up hitting the same spot with the eye of the needle.

Mar 6, 2014 · In the photo above, you can see my collection (left to right): a magnet that works as a needle minder or a chart holder, the chatelaine scissors, a seam ripper, a thimble chatelaine, and a laying tool.

Jan 11, 2019 · I’d hate to say that we, as embroiderers, tend to fixate on certain things, because I would never dare to make a blanket statement about All Folks who Love to Embroider. But I think it’s safe to say that many embroiderers fixate on certain things… like scissors, for example. What embroiderer, after all, doesn’t appreciate really good embroidery scissors? It seems that, for …

Nov 14, 2013 · Because of the boldness of the colors, the contrast in the colors and shades, and the placement of some of the colors, it ends up looking a little cartoony, doesn’t it? If you’d like to use the design for a practice piece, too, here’s the materials information: Tambour Work Flower Materials Embroidery pattern: The pattern for the tambour work flower above is available here …