If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
I have great nails, if I were a fashion model or something.
They grow out to fake nail length in no time. I paint them up pretty, and then when I am doing something where they get in my way I cut them off. You can have long nails and use a traditional open at the end leather tailor's thimble. No problem. Once I had a college prof from Bolivia tell me I had "mediums hands". My greatgramma said I had "violinists hands". All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:57:04 -0800, DrQuilter wrote: mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
Ads |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
Still, a quarter inch is considerable length when you consider that it is
sticking out on the front of your finger. I just filed about 3/16th off of mine and they are still approx. 3/16th in length and I couldn't begin to use a regular thimble even with them shortened that little bit. The nail hits against the inside of the thimble and I just can't stand that. Nearly as bad as a fingernail scraping a blackboard. EEEEEEEEE!!! Have to have the open nail sided thimble to use and I can really "needle" away with no trouble. Love it. Yes, being creative with spit on the tips of the fingers does wonders, doesn't it. (Hee! Hee!) Been there, done that, too. Marlys in Indiana "teleflora" wrote in message news:BNsdf.924$QW2.418@dukeread08... Mine aren't long - long. Probably not much more than 1/4". But they don't bend at all. And the thimble just feels weird with them on. In my case, acrylic nails are a blessing because if I have them, I don't pick at my cuticles and have sore fingers. I can also reach into my files without tearing at hang nails. On the negative side (or positive if you are so inclined) DD nor DH asks me to scratch their back when it itches. You have to be creative when it comes to picking up those tiny needles I use. Spit on a fingertip works for me. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
You must have my hands!!! Gasp!!! (No wonder I've been dropping
things lately. I don't have my own hands right now.) The 10th stretch I can do also with a little effort on the old keyboard. Love long nails and love to see women with long beautiful nails. Used to chew mine furiously when I was younger. Decided they'd never look nice that way. Have gotten many compliments on them since I started taking care of them. Funny how that works!!! Hee! Hee! Marlys in Indiana "NightMist" wrote in message ... I have great nails, if I were a fashion model or something. They grow out to fake nail length in no time. I paint them up pretty, and then when I am doing something where they get in my way I cut them off. You can have long nails and use a traditional open at the end leather tailor's thimble. No problem. Once I had a college prof from Bolivia tell me I had "mediums hands". My greatgramma said I had "violinists hands". All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:57:04 -0800, DrQuilter wrote: mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
Same here , Marlys ! Mary
The nail hits against the inside of the thimble and I just can't stand that. Nearly as bad as a fingernail scraping a blackboard. EEEEEEEEE!!! Have to have the open nail sided thimble to use and I can really "needle" away with no trouble. Love it. Yes, being creative with spit on the tips of the fingers does wonders, doesn't it. (Hee! Hee!) Been there, done that, too. Marlys in Indiana |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
OT wandered into gloves, was what is the deal with thimbles?
In a moment of obsession (ok, the only one I am willing to admit to) I
decided to figure out exactly what about women's gloves made them not fit my hands. After much scissor-fun, I realized that it is the thumb that is the issue. If I cut the tip of the thumb off (of the GLOVE!) then the gloves fit just fine. Except of course for the nekkid thumb-tip sticking out. I think I need to learn to make gloves. liz young in sunny california, avoiding writing a paper for all she's worth NightMist wrote: I have great nails, if I were a fashion model or something. They grow out to fake nail length in no time. I paint them up pretty, and then when I am doing something where they get in my way I cut them off. You can have long nails and use a traditional open at the end leather tailor's thimble. No problem. Once I had a college prof from Bolivia tell me I had "mediums hands". My greatgramma said I had "violinists hands". All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:57:04 -0800, DrQuilter wrote: mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
OT wandered into gloves, was what is the deal with thimbles?
But, if you live in sunny Calif, why would you need gloves? Is it not
sunny enough???? Just wondering!!! Hee! Hee! Also, get to writing that paper. Get it done, girl; get it done!!!! Marlys in (what can be very, very, chilly) Indiana "Elizabeth Young" wrote in message . net... In a moment of obsession (ok, the only one I am willing to admit to) I decided to figure out exactly what about women's gloves made them not fit my hands. After much scissor-fun, I realized that it is the thumb that is the issue. If I cut the tip of the thumb off (of the GLOVE!) then the gloves fit just fine. Except of course for the nekkid thumb-tip sticking out. I think I need to learn to make gloves. liz young in sunny california, avoiding writing a paper for all she's worth NightMist wrote: I have great nails, if I were a fashion model or something. They grow out to fake nail length in no time. I paint them up pretty, and then when I am doing something where they get in my way I cut them off. You can have long nails and use a traditional open at the end leather tailor's thimble. No problem. Once I had a college prof from Bolivia tell me I had "mediums hands". My greatgramma said I had "violinists hands". All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:57:04 -0800, DrQuilter wrote: mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
#27
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
"NightMist" wrote in message ... All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort Hmmph. I have square peasant hands with short stubby fingers. The only gloves that fit me are that kind that look like little tiny kids gloves that streeeeetch. I saw a pair of red, kid leather gloves yesterday that I literally slobbered over. They were soo soft and supple. They weren't wide enough and even if I had managed to force my hands into them, the fingers would have been inches too long. Cindy |
#28
|
|||
|
|||
OT wandered into gloves, was what is the deal with thimbles?
Well, it does sometimes get "cold" here (sometimes frost at this
elevation 1200) and I did the Great Glove Experiment when I lived in Michigan. It still like using unlined leather gloves for driving in the "winter". I have beaten the paper into submission (I had to switch from 2x4s to 4x4s) and have a decent outline and just need to write one more section and then do endless hours of cleanup. I love school! Yes I do! That is why I am still grinding away at papers in my 40s. liz young in cool california Marlys in Indiana wrote: But, if you live in sunny Calif, why would you need gloves? Is it not sunny enough???? Just wondering!!! Hee! Hee! Also, get to writing that paper. Get it done, girl; get it done!!!! Marlys in (what can be very, very, chilly) Indiana "Elizabeth Young" wrote in message . net... In a moment of obsession (ok, the only one I am willing to admit to) I decided to figure out exactly what about women's gloves made them not fit my hands. After much scissor-fun, I realized that it is the thumb that is the issue. If I cut the tip of the thumb off (of the GLOVE!) then the gloves fit just fine. Except of course for the nekkid thumb-tip sticking out. I think I need to learn to make gloves. liz young in sunny california, avoiding writing a paper for all she's worth NightMist wrote: I have great nails, if I were a fashion model or something. They grow out to fake nail length in no time. I paint them up pretty, and then when I am doing something where they get in my way I cut them off. You can have long nails and use a traditional open at the end leather tailor's thimble. No problem. Once I had a college prof from Bolivia tell me I had "mediums hands". My greatgramma said I had "violinists hands". All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:57:04 -0800, DrQuilter wrote: mmmmhhh. I must have very standard fingers... and i never had acrylic nails... I can see how long nails would interfere, but how many of us keep our nails long? probably not too many, uh? In my case, they get in the way of doing things with my hands. when my nails get longer than let's say 1/4", they bug me, they feel heavy, like they are putting strain on the nail bed... teleflora wrote: Well, my needs have changed since I started up again with the acrylic nails. My old thimbles don't fit. Of course, they were used mostly for piecing and sewing work. I've NEVER had a thimble that worked well for me for quilting. Cindy "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... I see all these posts about thimbles and searching for the holy grail, eer, thimble. what is the deal? I have several thimbles I love, most of them gotten at estate/yard sales for a few bucks, usually in a lot of sewing stuff. according to the day, the heat, the size of my finger I use one or another. I don't get it.. what is it you don't like about regular thimbles? -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
Oh Cindy,
You have hands like me, and when my nails grow they curl over the end. My Mom called them working hands. Bonnie, in Middletown. VA On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:21:51 -0600, "teleflora" wrote: "NightMist" wrote in message ... All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort Hmmph. I have square peasant hands with short stubby fingers. The only gloves that fit me are that kind that look like little tiny kids gloves that streeeeetch. I saw a pair of red, kid leather gloves yesterday that I literally slobbered over. They were soo soft and supple. They weren't wide enough and even if I had managed to force my hands into them, the fingers would have been inches too long. Cindy |
#30
|
|||
|
|||
what is the deal with thimbles?
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:21:51 -0600, "teleflora"
wrote: "NightMist" wrote in message ... All I know for sure is I have long nails and long fingers and gloves seldom fit as a result. NightMist Can easily play an octave on a piano, a 10th with a little effort Hmmph. I have square peasant hands with short stubby fingers. The only gloves that fit me are that kind that look like little tiny kids gloves that streeeeetch. I saw a pair of red, kid leather gloves yesterday that I literally slobbered over. They were soo soft and supple. They weren't wide enough and even if I had managed to force my hands into them, the fingers would have been inches too long. Cindy I've got large square peasant hands with long non-tapered fingers. I have to look for medium sized effeminate looking men's gloves. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
45 thimbles... | Johanna Gibson | Quilting | 10 | August 24th 05 04:01 AM |
White Kenmore... Good Deal? | KittyG | Quilting | 2 | October 20th 04 03:33 AM |
Trading Thimbles | Amberinauburn | Quilting | 0 | July 22nd 04 05:39 AM |
Various quilting thimbles & such | Jiminy | Quilting | 25 | July 18th 04 03:54 AM |
REALLY an Ott lite deal | SlinkyToy | Yarn | 0 | July 10th 03 09:58 PM |