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24.01.2022 Do you have a metal egg-shaped thimble case in your collection? If so I think you will like the new Learn More About Thimbles topic launched today. Check under the Learn More About tab for Miscellany of thimbles This is the way these topics grow - by your sharing your photos and information. I'd love to hear from you. love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
22.01.2022 Are you looking for new thimbles for your collection? There are forty new thimbles for sale, including some by Chris Manners. Happy browsing. Love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
22.01.2022 In November 2016 I sent out a post about an enamelled thimble that had a strange gadget on the top, asking for help in identifying it. I'd been sent the photos from a fellow thimble collector. In the TCI Bulletin which arrived today - there is the answer in an artilce by William Isbister. That patented thimble from 1926 is a cigarette holder!! that's the beauty of sahring information isn't it? Love Sue
21.01.2022 Do you collect Irish Dresden thimbles? I have chosen them as my new thimble topic. Please share your thimble photos and any information about whether these thimbles are still being produced. love Sue www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles
21.01.2022 I have uploaded a lovely batch of new thimbles for sale. Check them out soon not to miss out. love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
21.01.2022 For the first time in ages, I have Australian thimbles for sale. If you've been searching online, you'll know just how difficult it is to find Aussie thimbles for sale. Visit my website to see what I have been able to get in limited stock. For those of you who need small sized thimbles to sew with, I also now have a nice range of sterling silver thimbles for sale. They're each sized on the site. Watch out for more to be released in the new year.... Love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
20.01.2022 Does anyone know of or own one of these Charles Horner thimbles? The image is poor as it's from his 1900 catalogue, no 590. The thimble is described as below and this is the image of his QUEEN design? I'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas. x sue
18.01.2022 As we have entered 2020, it is time for a new look webpage. Thimbleselect now has a new trim, taut and terrific feel. It only features the 62 Learn More About Thimbles topics. Just click on the photo and learn more about that thimble topic. I look forward to your feedback over the coming weeks, as you access your favourite topics. There are bound to be teething troubles, so be sure to let me know. Please remember it will only stay the terrific site it's become with some i...nput from you. Do you have a new thimble photo to share? Send it to me & I will do the rest from there. I have a couple of new topics brewing too. More about that later... Can you spot our new logo devised by Christie? Time to go back to watching the Australian Open love Sue
18.01.2022 Do you collect Australian thimbles? If so, please see the huge batch of Aussie thimbles that I have added for sale. This is my last hurrah. I plan to close the retail side of Thimbleselect on 31 Dec this year. When you make an order, please specify whether you would like a free copy of Thimbles of Australia included. If you are interested in Australian fire hydrant thimbles, please ask to see a list of what I have on hand - they are not included on my site. They will be $1 each Happy browsing. Here is a small taste - love Sue
18.01.2022 These are just two of the thimbles newly added - a beautiful little modern British sterling and a cloisonné featuring the Sydney Harbour Bridge. love Sue thimbleselect.com
17.01.2022 It will be an early start tomorrow - it's the big Antiques and Collectables fair at the Ipswich showgrounds - doors open at 8am, finsihing at 2pm. Please stop for a chat at my thimbles stall - I look forward to catching up if you are in the area. Love Sue
17.01.2022 It's such a lovely feeling to have completed another thimble topic to share my passion. I think this is the first of my topics to feature wooden thimbles and certainly it's my first Scottish thimble maker. Let me introduce Innes Mitchell who made beautiful wooden thimbles in the mid-1980s, in the Scottish Highlands. I hope you enjoy seeing these unique thimbles. If you have one in your collection that isn't featured in this latest Learn More About...Thimbles topic, please share. Love Sue visit www.thimbleselect.com
17.01.2022 The countdown is on. It's less than two months now until Thimbleselect closes its retail side on 31 December 2019. So if you plan on ordering a thimble for yourself or as a gift - don't delay visit https://www.thimbleselect.com I am holding my last "in person" sales table at The Embroiderers Guild Craft Fair on Sunday 24 November 9.00-14.00. I look forward to helping you fit a thimble to use for sewing... love Sue
17.01.2022 Dear fellow thimble collectors I would like to share the news that I have created two new thimble topics to round out the year. The first deals with commemorative thimbles made for the British royals - the missing period between my two other 'Royals' topics of Queen Victoria and British Royalty on thimbles (from 1952). This new topic may be found with the British Royalty of thimbles and it's called unsurprisingly, British Royalty on thimbles 1902-1937. There weren't many thim...bles made during the period, which covered four monarchs. https://www.thimbleselect.com/learn The last topic is for a modern collectables thimble maker whose name should be familiar to you if you collected thimbles in the 1980s or '90s: Jenny Blair Designs. Hers are the gorgeous handblown frosted thimbles with the electroplated silver designs ... Read more under my Miscellany of thimbles section https://www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles if you can add something new with either topic, please contact me. Till 2021, stay safe and celebrate in the spirit of Christmas. x sue See more
16.01.2022 There is a new topic online today on Peter Swingler and his handpainted enamelled silver thimbles. He died in 2015, so there will be no more treasures created. For further information and around 300 views of his thimbles visit the Learn More About thimbles topics today. The photos show the last of the Presidents of America set and the last monarch for Kings & Queens of England that Peter would paint. I am looking forward to being deluged with more photos and information please. Love Sue www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles
16.01.2022 Good morning Thimblers The group of thimbles I have created a new Learn More About topic for this morning is not new to you. It becomes the fourth one I have shared on enamel thimbles. This time it's turn of Cornish Enamels thimbles. They only had a very brief thimble creative period between 1995-1997. Do you have any thimbles from earlier or later? I'm curious to know. Their handpainted enamelled thimbles are joyously colourful - often showing scenes from outer space. The ...view shared is one of their Aurora Borealis creations. Enjoy this niche collection of special thimbles If you have anything to share, please get in touch love Sue https://www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles
15.01.2022 I have added another lovely batch of thimbles for you to buy. Thimbleselect has a new ordering system, which I hope will makes things easier for you. love Sue
15.01.2022 I'd love to share the news of this new Australian booklet - by Nicola Kissane 'Needlework treasures of Tasmania'. It's a little gem full of snippets about these treasures arranged in an ABC format. I do have copies for sale. love Sue thimbleselect.com
15.01.2022 I thought you'd like to see the 2018 laminated wooden thimble by Robert Herron of Riverside Tasmania. He still presents them on black backing board. love Sue
14.01.2022 If you live in the Brisbane area and need a wooden thimble rack to display your thimble collection, I have 2nd hand racks in stock. Available for pick-up collection ONLY. These were last in stock in 2014! love Sue
14.01.2022 I have created another new Learn More About Thimbles topic - for discussion and sharing. It's entitled Horner and hearts and I've saved it under Miscellany of thimbles. I look forward to hearing from you as you share more examples of this fun thematic thimble topic. They are gorgeous thimbles. Love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
14.01.2022 I have everything ready for the Christmas Craft Fair of the Embroiderers Guild of Queensland this Sunday. Our stall is UPSTAIRS for my last time at the Guild's fairs. The venue is 149 Brunswick Street - Fortitude Valley and it opens at 9am till 2pm - there is FREE entry. Lynda and I will bring over 250 thimbles, the last remaining thimble racks and even all the related books of this fascinating hobby. This is your last opportunity to add to your thimble collection in person ...- from Thimbleselect. It is CASH only so be sure to stop at the ATM on route to the Craft Fair. I will have many thimbles to fit your finger for sewing - or maybe you can choose a sterling silver thimble with a hallmark date that is significant to you. There will be a range of items priced under $10 for your chris kringle gift for that special friend. Bring a friend and spend a happy morning browsing and finding your Christmas handmade gifts from the many craft stalls - then sit and enjoy a Devonshire tea made by the Guild and served upstairs. I look forward to seeing you for this my last thimble table at the Guild before closing my doors on 31 December 2019. If you have promised to bring a thimble for identification over the years - pop it into your bag right now and I will be delighted to see it. See you on Sunday. Till then love Sue See more
13.01.2022 I have just come across this beautiful thimble's photos. I have never seen this design or such a beautifully handpainted Waratah. It's on a sterling silver and enamel thimble with a stone top. The thimble box is one from Flavelle Brothers of Sydney and London. They operated as such between 1888 and 1921. This may offer up a clue? I gathered this thimble was from the estate of Charles (Ruthven) Blackburn (1913-2016). I can make out the lettering Sterling silver and the size no. Has anyone ever seen a thimble like this? I'd love to know who made it - where - and when. x sue
12.01.2022 I have been asked to sell a few Australian thimbles with the proceeds going to charity. If you love Australian thimbles visit www.thimbleselect.com Love Sue
12.01.2022 Pewter thimble manufacture reached its heydey in the 1980s. Pewter thimbles weren't often marked. I have now created a new thimble topic of Pewter thimble makers from around the world with their marks. I can't believe that there are over 90 makers identified. I need your help please to look at your own collection so that we can add new makers. This example is an Australian-made pewter thimble from Riccardo. Enjoy... love Sue www.thimbleselect.com/learn
12.01.2022 It's going to be a very cold start on Saturday 10th June, when the Collectables Fair opens at the Ipswich Showgrounds at 8am. Rug up and come and see the hundreds of stalls crammed with collectables. Thimbleselect will be selling thimbles and I look forward to seeing you when you brave the cold - the fair closes by 2pm. Love Sue
11.01.2022 Today Thimbleselect turns 30! On 22 May 1987 we registered my mail order thimble business in Benoni South Africa. 18 months later we moved to live in Perth - bringing the business with me made it so much easier to make new friends. 1993 saw us relocate to live in Brisbane. In 1998 we put Thimbleselect online after the publication of "Thimbles of Australia". In 2002 we began the very successful "Learn More About...Thimbles" topics and today there are over 60 topics for you to learn from and the share some of your treasures. Thank you one and all for all you have done in supporting Thimbleselect up to and including our 30th anniversary. The first ten orders placed in this anniversary week will receive free postage. Love Sue - and Christie
11.01.2022 I have been able to use this time of isolation to do some long overdue work on a new Learn More About...Thimbles topic. This time it's back to my favourite Charles Horner. This new topic launched today looks at the thimbles made by Charles Horner in Chester - the only thing is they don't have the CH marks. Why? Read the new topic under the Miscellany tab "Charles Horner thimbles with other sponsor's marks" ... these thimbles look so alike but love sue https://www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles
11.01.2022 Those of you collect thimbles, do you have the most iconic thimble in your collection? A Dorcas thimble? If not, you may have an earlier unmarked Dorcas thimble also by Charles Horner. These are only marked PAT. with the size number alongside. They are often missed as being Dorcas thimbles. I am attempting to discover how many sizes Horner was offering from 1884 - in each of the Dorcas designs, as well of those with engraved bands. Look at his interesting designs and how he m...arketed his thimbles https://www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles and look for my latest topic: Charles Horner’s early Dorcas PAT. thimbles. love Sue
09.01.2022 I have just received these photos and I am really stumped. Have you seen a thimble like this before? These are the current relevant details - enamel over sterling silver - with a hollow 'gadget' on the apex - it is not cyclindrical - thimble height 1.41 ins (3.58 cm) which is quite tall, with the opening size at .64 ins (which equates to a 16mm thimble size). There is lettering inside "D E Long. Sterling U S pat. Dec 28 1926". Searches of US patents and Gay Ann Rogers yield nothing. The enamelling is damaged at the rim. Has anyone any ideas please? love Sue
09.01.2022 As 2019 winds down into the last two days of the year, so does Thimbleselect's Sales. Just two last days left of thimble trading and then it's time to hang up the CLOSED sign. Thank you one and all for your support in purchasing thimbles over the last 32 years. It's time for me just to dabble in my own thimble collection and keep the Learn More About...Thimbles topics going, refreshed with new knowledge and photos gleaned.... Wishing you all the best for a healthy safe 2020 love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
08.01.2022 Does anyone know anything more about this previously unrecorded Spode thimble? Is it part of a set? Who commissioned it? I'd love to hear from you if you do. love Sue www.thimbleselect.com
07.01.2022 For quite a while now I have wanted to complete the section that I began in 2002 - adding the last part of the Francesca and other character head thimbles. Today I have released the final part - that on Pewter character head thimbles. Did you know they precede the china thimbles of the early 1980s? Read more where the USA dominates this trend ... love Sue https://Thimbleselect.com/learn
07.01.2022 Like most of you during this Staying In period, I have had lots of time to devote to my beloved thimble topics. May brings a really small topic to share with you - Gerald Delaney's handpainted thimbles I was sure he's been quite a prolific thimble painter. Not so - I can only find one of his thimbles painted during his Royal Worcester period ... Do you have any of these lovely thimbles by Delaney? I'd love to hear from you. love... Sue https://www.thimbleselect.com/miscellany--of-thimbles See more
06.01.2022 Since the publication of Thimbles of Australia in 1998, I have tried to follow up on Australian thimblemakers. This hasn't been difficult, as by now there is almost no-one creating thimbles in Australia. On a recent holiday in Tasmania, I was so happy to discover that as late as November Robert Herron was still producing his Tasmanian timber thimbles. It was up in Sheffield at the Blue Gum Gallery that I found some of his wooden thimbles and the owner said she had received t...he latest batch in 2018. Hooray. That makes it 38 years since Robert began turning thimbles - from the beloved Huon pine and other timbers.They have always been distinctive. I also found out that this Clarendon House handpainted thimble in my own collection is of a beautiful home near Launceston. I had often wondered where it was. So don't give up on finding Aussie thimbles - they can still be found. Love Sue
05.01.2022 I have added a new batch of items for sale. Be quick and see the NEW items. love Sue
05.01.2022 I have spent the last few weeks adding some new stock for sale - especially with my last fair for 2016 happening on Sunday 27th Nov at the Embroiderers Guild. Come in and say hello and choose a thimble in for your collection - 8.00-12.00 at 149 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley. If you don't live in Brisbane then please hop online and see my new stock. In the last few days I have been able to radically update the Learn More About Coalport thimbles topic. A collector in the UK alerted me to a previously unrecorded Coalport set for Canada. Do you have any more to share? love Sue
04.01.2022 I have been inpired by Erin in New Zealand to create my first NZ thimble topic. It is in the Learn More About thimbles Miscellany of thimbles - and it features White Heron (and Hereford) china thimbles. Once on the page scroll down to find the new topic. Please share if you know more about these handpainted thimbles. Love Sue http://www.thimbleselect.com/#!miscellany--of-thimbles/cju3
04.01.2022 I have been adding thimbles for sale over the last month and I will continue to do so until mid-December. Please have a little browse of all the items I have for sale. Be quick as I will be attending the Christmas Craft Fair at the Queensland Embroiderers Guild this Sunday where all my current items on consignment will be for sale. The Fair opens at 8am and runs for four hours - my stall should be upstairs. love Sue Fair details: 149 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane