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Your cart is empty.These are little sticky thimbles that you place on your fingertip. The surface is textured to prevent needle slipping. Place them anywhere you need them so you don't get poked. Everyone needs a POKE-A-DOT when hand sewing--stitching on that binding, or sewing on a button, hand applique and embroidery, etc. They stick in place until you take them off. You can re-stick them several times, then just throw them away and start a new one. They come with 24 DOTS packaged in a cute little round tin. (Great to put your needles and thread in there, too!) They have a cute design on the top to give texture so your needle won't slip. They are made of durable, non-slip polyurethane. They not only protect your finger, but they are "grippy" so they help you to pull your needle through the tough spots. They push the needle through.
RJY
2025-08-16 20:15:26
I never can wear a thimble, but my fingers get sore when I do a lot of hand sewing. These dots stick to my finger in just the right place and work well. I have been able to reuse a dot at least once. The can is nice for keeping up with something so small.
irwizzard
2025-08-13 20:27:19
These work great for when I am hand sewing on my bindings to my quilt
BLG
2025-06-28 17:55:43
I hand appliquéd the edges on an antique quilt top. I used these dots when I noticed a sore spot. I was never good at using a thimble, and these are much more user friendly. They do stop sticking after a while, of course.
DSF
2025-06-20 19:18:28
I bought leather dots the first time and they are good, but these silicon dots are BETTER! I do a lot of hand finish work on my quilts and also hand sew clothing as well as needle embroidery. What I like about the silicon dots is they stay on your finger for hours and hours and don't slip. The grip glue that's used is very good. And if you replace the dot back onto the paper it comes on, you can use the dot over and over. So far I've used one dot for 10 days of sewing and I start at 9AM and finish my day at 5PM. The dots are tough enough to stand up to a heavy needle being pushed through layers of fabric and batting. They also help with pulling the needle through as the silicon is very grippy which makes it easier to pull the needle on through the layers. Helps me to eliminate wearing those silicon finger guards. I have an extra issue with not having finger prints (side effect of chemo), therefore I have problems with anything with a slick surface and metal needles are slick, I can't grip them very well and get purchase so the silicon dots really help me. I actually have started to use them for other tasks too because I can get grip on things with a slick surface.
quilter47
2025-03-07 10:54:22
I used to use the leather finger pad thimbles, but saw these and thought they would be better. They are not. I use them primarily for making folded fabric Christmas ornaments and found these not to be as easy to use as the leather ones. I would not buy these again and will go back to the tried and true leather ones. Both offer great protection for sticking 250+ pins into an ornament, but the leather ones are the ones I would recommend
Customer
2025-03-05 12:55:02
I love these!I was working on a colorwork project on small needles and ended up bruising my finger from pushing the needle down so much (bad habit I know). I tried leather and metal thimble and both my fingers too hot.Pros:- great cushion/thickness- small enough to not be a nuisance while knitting- great adhesive (for a while)- can reuse multiple times- don't irritate my skin- super easy to use and take offCons:- couldn't make it through the whole project (a two sided cowl) with just one. The adhesive wore off. I wonder if washing it would help bring some of it back, but I didn't try and just got out a new one.
Renee Ryan
2025-01-19 18:38:20
They are not flexible and do not stay in place. They come up on the sides and do not stay on. They need to be made with softer, more flexible material.
Kelly D.
2024-11-24 11:09:54
These are not a replacement for a thimble for me when I quilt as I use 2 metal thimbles on my main quilting hand on top of the quilt, but they go on the tip of the finger that is underneath the quilt feeling for the needle to come through the quilt sandwich. I can no longer use my bare fingers for this as my skin has gotten older and thinner and I bleed more readily. Everything else I've tried over the years blunts my ability to detect the needle and effectively push the needle tip back up toward the quilt top to add each small stitch to the quilting needle. These little silicone dots transmit the sensation of the needle as it emerges and the ridge on the edge of the dot redirects the needle perfectly for me. Previously my fingernail did that job. They do get shredded pretty quickly, but then so did my finger. Better the silicone dot should shred than my ever more sensitive skin!It is true that you have to experiment to find the exact right placement for your own needs and the dots are a bit thick, but if they were thinner, the needle would make it through to the skin very quickly. It only took one day for me to get used to wearing these dots after many, many years of hand quilting with nothing to protect that underneath hand.I cannot speak to their ability to push a needle loaded with several stitches through a quilt. I think only metal could be strong enough for that and I wouldn't be able to trust silicone to hold up to that much stress from very small needles. For pushing needles through fabric while doing regular sewing, embroidery and/or cross stitch, I think they would likely work fine. Pushing a needle fully loaded with 6-7 stitches through a quilt sandwich is another job entirely.I'm ordering a second tin of these to be sure I don't run out and because I find them useful for sewing tasks other than quilting that take place in other rooms in my house. I am even thinking of trying them for sock knitting. I could wish there were more dots inside the tins. It seems like packaging overkill and possibly the price could be reduced if the tin concept was abandoned, but as another reviewer mentioned, the tins can be repurposed. It does seem like a lot to pay for a little silicone and adhesive, but THEY WORK so I'm willing to pay the asking price without grumbling...too much.
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