BellaOnline Forums Hobbies and Crafts Quilting How can you find a teeny thimble?

Hi everyone, I recently received the following request from Diane:
I love your letters. I live in the US and am having trouble finding a really small thimble. Some say that a child's thimble is size 5 other sites say 7. My ring size is about a 3 3/4 so it is very small. I regular small just doesn't work. Do you have a suggestion

If you have any ideas, please post them here for all to see.
Cheerio for now

Diane might consider trying to make her own leather thimble using scraps of leather. It appears she has such tiny hands. Otherwise, perhaps a specialty sewing shop might handle very small thimbles such as the jelly thimbles. I see some at Everything Quilts

Roxanne's thimbles are sized like a ring and should be fitted like a ring. I have a 3 1/2, which is a bit large in the winter. I have learned to moisten my finger before putting on the thimble in the winter, and it stays on. I also have long fingernails and find that the small leather dots that fit on the end of my finger work very, very well, instead of a thimble

Thanks Quiltknit1, I've heard of Roxanne's thimbles. Thanks for the heads up. Hope this helps Diane and others looking for teeny thimbles.
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Judie, I noticed in a quilting shop several brands of stick on thimbles that might work for Diane. Had never considered it a problem until I read Diane's question and so they caught my eye hung on the notions display. Cheers Morag

Thanks Morag, I'm sure there's more quilters out there who struggle with a thimble that is too big. I've always known about the tip to put moisture on your finger before you don the thimble, that certainly works for me and my silver thimble. I don't know what I'd do without my thimble. I do a lot of needleturn applique and use a No. 12 needle which pierces your skin very easily. I've tried to "grow" a callous like guitar players do, but it just won't happen. I guess I have my hands in water too often, and the skin stays soft.

Oh! I know, stop housework, that will do it!!

Cheerio for now

I have a size 5 thimble that I found when I had a quilting shop. I have many thimbles so that anyone coming in could quilt on our community quilt while visiting the shop. I have since retired and would be happy to pass this tiny thimble onto Diane if you can pass my email address on to her so we can exchange mailing addresses. The thimble is Sterling and only measures 9mm from one side to the other on the inside bottom. I wear a 10 and when it is too loose I just rap tape or a bandaid around my finger and then put the thimble on. Works really well and the thimble doesn't shift.