Leather Thimble

Day 168: I am a small person. I have very, very tiny hands, and when I say "tiny," I mean that my wedding ring was a size 4. Eons ago, when I found a leather thimble which came reasonably close to fitting my middle finger, I should have bought half a dozen instead of just one. I used it for many years until it finally wore through, at which point I covered it with a piece of pigskin. Pigskin is notoriously tough for all of being thin and supple, but even so, it eventually wears out with repeated abrasion. The poor thing has stood me in good stead through countless quilts and other hand-sewing projects, but when I sat down to stitch the binding around the Double Wedding Ring, I realized I was on dangerous ground. Anyone who has ever driven the threaded eye of a needle into their finger will know what I mean! I was out of instant glue, so putting another layer of pigskin over the one covering the original leather thimble was out of the question. I did the nest best thing: just poked another piece inside and jammed it in with the tip of my finger until the thimble felt snug. It's not the best solution, but it's serviceable until I can get some glue. The leather thimbles they sell these days are so big and sloppy, they'd fall off my big toe!