Roxanne Thimbles ?

[Teri L.]

I wonder if any of the US thimble suppliers will be at the NEC in August - maybe they ought to be thinking of having stockists over here. Cotton Patch do the Roxanne - but I am thinking particularly of the TJLane thimble that Amoret is interested in -

[Mandella E.]

Thimbles are a bit of an obsession of mine, and I've never seen anything interesting at FoQ. Here's hoping for this year!

[Mandella E.]

Amoret

I can't believe that you are worrying about owning more than one thimble :lol:
I have at least 6, no make that 7, 3 ring/tailors thimbles and the rest ordinary ones;1 is an old silver one and 2 of these are a match pair, including the remains of nail polish inside them from when I wore them to work at the RSN (37 hrs/week), the nail polish was to stop them rusting and leaving a rust ring mark on my middle fingers of both hands :cry: it did look silly going home, that was if I had remembered to take them off :lol: :lol:

Besides if you have more than 1 thimble you will be able to play 'Hunt the thimble' with yourself :lol:

Rosemary

[Mandella E.]

Oh I have plenty of thimbles Rosemary and play that regularly, I just haven't found THE thimble yet. :roll:

What are we like, honestly. :wink:

[Mandella E.]

I realize this is an older thread, but wanted to update a bit about TJ Lane, at least my experience.

I bought piecemeal over about 18 months a fully equipped chatelaine. I do a lot of handstitching and my sewing "bling" has been a real joy. However, the purchases often felt like pulling teeth. Things were repeatedly sent to the wrong address, or to the right but incomplete address, resulting in numerous delays. Emails directly or via the website were ignored for days if not weeks, and I never did have a phone call returned. At the time, it was I believe TJ's daughter (in another state) running the business and she had also another full-time job. I understood this but was still very frustrated with the poor response. Later last year, my silver needlethreader broke (that little wire didn't like the pull of a #10 between's tiny eye) and I contacted them via the website as to my repair options. I was told promptly that I could send to TJ for a free repair, and I did so, enclosing a letter that detailed my unhappy experiences with them to date. To my satisfaction, Tommy responded herself, returning my repaired threader with a two-page, handwritten note apologizing warmly for the problems and advising that she was handling these matters personally now. I have not had the need to test with further transactions, but hope that now the business end is being handled locally, instead of several states' distance away by family, that matters have improved.

Just wanted to let you know. Truly the beauty of workmanship of Tommy's silver sewing goodies really makes my work more pleasurable.