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Thimbles by TJ Lane PO Box 83108 Lincoln NE 68501-3108 thimbles2fit.com [email protected]
Angel Chatelaine 7 loops for tools or charms
#557=$100 Dimensions 2.5cm x 5.5cm wide
Thimbles by TJ Lane
Thimbles & Sewing Jewelry
Sterling Silver & 18K Gold
Open Hearts Chatelaine
#954=$210, 11 openings
along edges to hang sewing tools.
Dimensions 6cm—about 3―
Exquisite Tools for Quilting, Sewing,
Appliqué, and Display
Tomorrow’s Heirlooms
Designed by Tommie Jane Lane
and Made in the USA
P O Box 83108 Lincoln, NE 68501-3108 thimbles2fit.com [email protected]
402.477.5222 866.647.9673—toll free USA & Canada
Circles Chatelaine #958=$90
approximate size shown
2cm x 2.6cm
.
Big Heart with Pincushion Frame Chatelaine #1016
$410 filled, $310 empty 6cm—about 3‖
Instructions available to make pad
Design inspired by Louise
Catalog updated June 2011
Bubbles Chatelaine #1032=$100
2cm x 4.7cm wide
Frog Chatelaine #228=$120 With gem—4cm tall x 3.6cm wide
Lacy Heart FV=$100 each
F=open nail T=tall V=drop rim
Size=Style# 6.00=808 6.50=815
7.00=1010 7.00=884T 7.50=866 7.75=897 8.00=867
8.08=980T 9.00=953
Size=Style# 1.25=896 2.00=827
2.50=1011 2.75=891T 3.00=802 3.25=909 3.50=840 3.75=930 4.00=926 4.25=898 4.50=810 4.75=899 5.00=919 5.50=900
5.50=999T
Lacy Heart FGV
$120 each
G=Gem Size=Style# 0.50=1007G 1.25=864G 1.75=854G 2.50=823G 3.25=931G 3.75=959G 4.00=844G 4.50=842G 4.75=928G 6.00=927G 5.75=868G 6.75=920G 7.50=922G
Jinny Beyer Logo Chatelaine
#1038=$90 3cm tall x 1.6cm wide
(11/4‖ tall x 1‖ wide) #1055—gem=$110
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POLISHING
The patina and shine on your thimble and sewing ornaments lasts well if worn regularly. We use special equipment to finish our products. Please avoid storage in direct sunlight, humidity, rubber bands, acidic cardboard, latex, polishing compounds and harsh abrasives. We offer gentle polishing pads for $5 that are safe for fine jewelry, even with gems. The pad gets quite soiled but continues to work and should not be washed.
RETURNS When mailing a thimble or needle threader for repair or exchange: Use a locking
medicine bottle with padding inside to keep the thimble from rattling and to protect gem, if there is one.
Mail in a bubble wrap envelope.
Send first class with delivery confirmation.
Enclose a note with your name, address, phone, email and what needs to be done.
If a hole or break has developed, mark it with a permanent pen to help us find it.
We are not currently charging for repairs, on our thimbles or jewelry, however we do ask for $10 per item for return shipping & handling.
Fee to repair thimbles made by others is $50
MEASURING FOR A THIMBLE Measure US ring size at the base of the nail on the finger you use to push the needle. For taller thimbles, measure between the base of the nail and your first knuckle. Draw an outline of your finger from the top and also from the side, to send with your order to help us adjust the thimble to conform to the contours of your finger. To use our plastic ring sizer put the tapered end into the ―box‖ then pull to make a circle. Slide it onto your finger to the base of your nail. If the thimble is tall, place the circle closer to your first knuckle. Read the number at the point of the arrow for whole and ½ sizes—spaces for ¼ sizes. The sizer should slide on and fit snugly enough to avoid falling off. There is a sizer on the website that can be printed, cut out and taped together, or you can just use a quarter inch wide strip of paper and tape it into a circle to send with the drawings of your finger.
947 Pincushion Frame Crazy Quilt Pad Chain and Clasp
Ready to Add Tools (About 4.5cm wide)
Photos by:
Sandra Wiltz,
Gail Folda
Cynthia Brammeier
Tommie Jane Lane
Repairs or exchanges can be mailed, with $10 included per item for return shipping & handling to
THIMBLES BY TJ LANE P. O. Box 83108
Lincoln, NE 68501-3108
OUR PRODUCTS Thimbles, sewing tools and ornaments are designed by Tommie Jane Lane. She is into the fifth decade of making jewelry, and continues to create models for new styles as well as one-of-a kind pieces. Most of the thimbles and some of the components are made with the lost wax process in the USA. We do the finishing ourselves. Sterling silver is the primary metal used, often in combination with 18K gold. Any of the items in this catalog may be ordered in gold. Prices are affected by silver and gold markets and may change without notice.Each item is priced and sold individually so you can assemble your own ensemble. Sample ensemble idea below with #947 pincushion frame, and at right with #557 Angel Chatelaine and thimble charms.
SAMPLE ENSEMBLE Approximately actual size
Chatelaine #557 $100 774 774
735 627 519 634 626 Thimble Charms without gems=$60 Thimble Charms with gems=$80 See more charms on page 7
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Thimbles - open for finger nails, air, and comfort Currently available only in the sizes liarws
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Angel Heart Clouds $100
Size =Style
2.75=848 3.50=846 4.50=845 5.00=838 6.50=839
Jinny Beyer Logo—tall $100 without
gem
$120 with gem
Size=Style 4.00=986G 3mm gem 4.75=944 5.00 =985G 3mm gem 5.00=964 5.25=956 6.00=984G 3mm gem
Jinny Beyer Logo—blunt fingertip style
Size=Style 5.0=1003 6.0=942 7.0=925 7.0=983G 3mm gem 8.0=982 G 3mm gem
Alexis—tall– gem $120
Size – Style 5.75=849 5.00=905
Bee $100 each
Size-Style, Price 3.0-990 4.5—995 5.0 – 901 5.5 – 935 tall 6.5—996 tall
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Liz Style with gem $120 each 3.0=993G 4.0=820G 5.0=991G 6.0=992G
Liz Gem
Dragonfly 2.75=1062G 3.75=1059G 4.75=1063G 5.75=1064G 6.75=1065G
Liz-Gem
Bee 3.75=1060G
Star Thumble
11.25=756 $100
Pansy Open Nail $100 each
Size-Style 2.5-1004 3.5-1005 4.5-997 5.5-664 6.5-998
Liz No gem—NEW! Size=Style $100
each 2.5=1050 3.0– 1023 3.5=1051 4.0=1020 4.5=1052 5.0=1021 5.5=1053 6.0=1022 6.5=1054
Liz-Bee no gem
4.25=1058
Liz-Q no gem Picture with style
numbers and sizes shown at bottom of
this page
Dorothy Bead $120 0.75=1009G child size 5.50 =749GQ tall
Quilt Odyssey
Size-Style Gem $120
No gem $100 4.0=989Q
5.0=978Q 6.0=988Q
Thimbles with recessed tops, also called quilting ridge
Open for finger nails, air, and comfort
Four Open Hearts—tall
Size-Style $100 4.50=974Q 5.00=903Q 6.75=955Q
Angel Dorothy—$100
6.0 =918Q 7.0 =857Q
7.0=857Q
Lacy Heart Quilt Ridge $100
Size-Style
4.5—975Q 5.50 – 902Q 6.75 – 904Q
Liz Quilting $100
Size=Style 3=1024Q 4=1033Q 5=1034Q
6-1035Q 7-1036Q 8=1037Q
Short Thimbles-Liz Style
Alex Gem-Q—$120
4.50=812GQ
5.75=880GQ
6.50=906GQ
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Hearts Band 3.5—1012 4.5= 614 5.5=1013 6.5=1014
Lacy Heart tall, with drop rim
Size=Style=Price 2.75=891T=$80 3.00=913Tgem, $100 5.5=999T= $80
Alexis—tall– 5x7 gem
5.0=905-$100
Gail Gem 4.5 – 950
Jinny Beyer 6.5=1006 7.5=1001
Jinny Beyer 4.0 =949 4.5=951
2.75—1045Q 3.75—1046Q 4.75—1047Q 5.75—1048Q 6.0 – 940QT 6.75—1049Q
LUCERNE TWO
5.5=526
ROUNDED TOP THIMBLES With gem $100, No gem $100
ROUNDED TOP THIMBLES WITH OPEN NAIL With gem $120,
SHORT LIGHTWEIGHT OPEN NAIL$100 Tommie Tomi Cherub Dogwood 3.0=805 4.5=807 6.5=701 5.0=659 5.5=706
Ohm Symbol 7.75=753
6.75=697 6.25=851* 5.75=697 BAROQUE AMAZING GRACE PANSY 6.25=591 4.75=527 4.5=528 CHERUBS STARS HEARTS 5.25=685 8.50=822 JOE 6.25=646 PLAIN JANE IN STITCHES
Janet’s Quail 7.5=$100
BUTTEERFLY $100
Size-Style 2.75 =861 4.00 =863 5.00 =865 5.25 =862 5.50 =843 5.75 =837
RECESSED TOP THIMBLES (QUILTING RIDGE) $100 Only sizes listed are currently available
HEARTS BAND FRANCES PANSY PANSY 5.25=711Q 4.00=548Q 6.25=660 HEART STRINGS BUTTERFLY HEARTS BAND 6.25=758Q 6.25=877Q 6.60=744Q STARS FRAN ARTIE 5.75=512Q 6.75=590Q 9.25=737Q
AMAZING GRACE 3.75=907Q 4.75=852Q 6.00=908Q
*see note page 10
This butterfly style thimble fits fingers with very curved fingernails
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Cages hold your TJ Lane thimble or a family heirloom.
A 16mm clasp and guard chain come with each cage.
Chains and thimbles sold separately.
Style 653, $180 Six wire cage, fits most closed thimbles. Great for collector thimbles. Dimensions: 5.6cm x 2,2cm
Style 821, $180 Leaf pattern four wire cage, fits extra large thimbles. Dimensions 5.9cm x 2.7cm
Style: 870, $150 Four wire cage, for small or slender thimbles Dimensions 4.2cm x 1.5cm
Style 813, $150. Four double-wire cage, fits small or short thimbles. Dimensions 4.6cm x 1.9cm
What you need to know about cages to hold thimbles
A thimble must fit snugly in its cage. Cages are available in several sizes. When ordering, tell us the thimble style number (or dimensions if it is not one of ours) so we can fit the cage to your thimble. Each cage is hinged at the bottom, and comes with a16mm lobster claw clasp on a heavy figure 8 connector to attach to a chatelaine or chain, plus a short guard chain with 8mm spring ring clasp . Neck chains and thimbles shown with the cages are sold separately.
Beaded wire cage #888=$180 for medium
size thimbles. Dimensions 5.3cm x 2.3cm.
Vine four-wire cage $180 Three heights available #859=4.8cm for short thimble #1061=5.3cm for medium thimble #763=5.5cm for tall thimble.
Style 632=$220. Pedestal basket cage with four wires Two heights available # 632.870b for short or medium thimble. #632.696 for tall or large thimble
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Pincushion Ring with pad $120
Specify your choice for size and color of pad
Style #579
T9 as Chatelaine CHT.1019=$290 9 gems. About 1‖ diameter Specify color choices—looks great with pearl in center
Aces Chatelaine #533 $90
Small Open Heart
Chatelaine Style 502, About
4cm tall $90
Owl Chatelaine #223=$100,
43mm x 20mm
Round Chatelaine #607=$100
Diameter 3.5cm
Nine-gem & hearts CHT.1017.G $290
Yubinuki Sewing Ring $100
3.50=968 4.75=960 6.50=595 8.00=871
Yubinuki Sewing Ring $100
3.0=1031 4.0=1030 4.5=1029 5.0=1028 5.5=1027 7.0=1026
Tailor’s $7=100 3.75—945 4.5 – 952 6.75 – 957
Endless Thimble $100
5.5—1068 6.5-1002 7.5—879
Heart Quilting Ring
State Size and Color of gem #759, $120
Tussy Mussy
Pin Cushion
Jinny Beyer Logo
PC.973 $120 3mm gem $120 PC.1025.JBO no gem $100
Approximate total length Including chain
9cm (3.5‖)
Bead Thimble Hanger $30
(shown with a Lacy Heart Thimble and angel charm, sold
separately) Length about 8.5cm.
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Hand made items are available upon occasion, or by special order through TJ:
Crochet hook, with a gemstone handle, $120 (CH.TJG) Needle keeper, with gem, $200 (NK.TJG) Needle keeper, no gem, $180 (NK.TJ) Magnifying glass, assorted diameters, $80 (MG.TJ) Tussy Mussy pin cushion, no gem $100 (PC.TJ) Tussy Mussy pin cushion, with gem, $120 (PC.TJG) Scissors Keeper with gem, $140 (SK.TJG) Scissors keeper, no gem, $120 (SK.TJ) Thread Winder, no gem, $100 (TW.TJ) Thread Winder with gem, $120 (TW.TJG) Stiletto with bone handle, $100 (ST.TJ)
TAILOR’S OPEN END THIMBLES AND SEWING RINGS (YUBINUKI)
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Seam Ripper - 3mm gem, Jinny Beyer Logo hand made—a useful addition to your ensemble. 9.5cm long with claps. SR.972 $300
Small Seam Ripper, Leaf Pattern, loop top. Oval shape is compact yet works well. SR.695 $120
637 Scissors charm $120, sterling bows.
Scissors #819 $500 bows & sheath
about15cm Stainless steel blades (Chain sold separately)
Example—Scissors & Keeper #971
Scissors Keepers With chain and a clasp at each end to run through bows of scissors. Can hang from chain or chatelaine. Keeper 2.5‖ long. SK.977 Leaf pattern $150 SK.971 Jinny Beyer logo 3mm gem $170 SK.966 Jinny Beyer logo no gem $150 Stainless Steel sharp point embroidery scissors (not shown) $25
Tiny Charm 2mm gem #962=$80
Tiny Charm #961=60
Tiny Charm #774 1cm tall Sterling=$60
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Flowers Thimble Charm 1.7cm tall # 1067=$60
Other thimble charms are shown with a chatelaine on page two. Their style numbers are printed beside each one. Short lengths of chain sold separately. When ordering charms with gems, please give your color choices, and tell us if you prefer an 8mm spring ring or a figure 8 connector to wear on a neck chain.
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Chains
Lobster Claw Clasps Sterling, not made by TJ, we add a figure 8 connector to each one to attach to your chain, cage or chatelaine.
10mm $20 — 13mm $30 — 16mm $40 — 22mm $50
Clasps
TW.972.JBG $140
Hand made thread winder with Jinny Beyer logo and gem is beautifully functional on a chatelaine. 6mm tube holds about 30 18” lengths of thread. Thread fibers can be mixed. About 8cm long with clasp. Instructions to load the thread winder core are included. A charm or beeswax keeper can be hung from the bottom loop. The center component is also used to make a matching needle keeper with a friction fit lid and guard chain, about 6cm tall. NK.972.JBG=$140
A Thread Winder Template helps you measure the 18‖ threads precisely. TJ uses a small cardboard box to pull thread from 5 spools of thread through holes in the top of the box, and winds 5 strands at a time around the template for fast progress. Style of template may vary.
2.3mm curb—like the small links of the Figaro 30‖$75
3.2
mm
Ova
l R
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30
‖ $
90
3m
m F
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ro
30
‖ $
80
2.2
mm
Fig
aro
30‖
7$70
Sterling Chain, 30” with rectangular lobster claw clasp and figure 8 connectors. Custom lengths available.
#947 Pincushion Frame with detail of the beaded gallery wire edge and showing the round opening of the back. #628 Pincushion Frame has the same fancy beaded edge with a heart-shaped opening in the back. Both versions have a bail at the top for a chain and a loop at the bottom back to connect a chatelaine or clasp (shown with a swivel clasp, sold separately.) Diameter of the frame is 4.5cm Imagine your art work displayed front and back.Instructions to make the pincushion pad are included. See example on page 2. Price of 947 or 628 Pincushion Frame Without pad=$210. Finished with embellished Silk covered pad of our design=$310
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Leaf pattern $170
TC.NTK.978a Includes Tube
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Quilt Odyssey TC.NTK.981.G=$190
With gem TC.NTK.981=$170
Without gem
Jinny Beyer logo $190
TC.NTK.970.G
Thread Cutters and Combination tools—Handy and safe for travel by air
We use a rotary cutter blade in these tools, sandwiched between the Sterling design on the front and a Sterling back. Bring the thread to any notch to cut. On the combination tool, the bottom is a needle threader wire with a tube to protect the wire and hold one or two fine needles. The wire can thread a #12 needle. See needle threader technique on page 10 for long-lasting use. We can replace the wire. Each has an 8mm clasp on its chain to connect to a chatelaine or neck chain.
Four Hearts TC.NTK.924.G
$190 TC.NTK.994=$170
Pansy $170 TC.NTK.1008
THREAD CUTTERS
TC.932.JBO Jinny Beyer Logo without gem $100 TC.965.JBG 3mm gem $120 Shown in photo
THREAD CUTTER TC.969.JBG=$120
Jinny Beyer Horizontal logo 3mm gem
THREAD CUTTERS
Four hearts meet at their points. TC.994=$100 TC.924G=$120
Jinny Beyer logo
$170 TC.NTK.979
No gem
VERSATILE ADAPATATIONS of these designs can be made. Any of the thread cutters can be fitted with a needle threader/keeper, as illustrated for styles 924 and 994—shown in the upper right picture as combination tool and in the lower left picture as thread cutter only. Additionally, other of our design motifs can be applied to the front of either thread cutters or combination tools. Price for Combination Tool with gem=$170, without gem=$150. Price for Thread Cutter with gem=$120, without a gem=$100.
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Needle Threaders
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Angel NTK.702
$100
10Cherub NTK.850, $100
Six-Pointed Star 3mm gem NTK.936 $120
Needle threader technique Rotate and pull needle threader straight from it’s keeper. Line the loop of the wire up with the length of the needle. Rest the tip of the needle threader wire on the eye of the needle. Gently rock the threader wire up and down to ease it through the eye of the needle. Press lightly on one side of the wire if necessary to start it through. Wet a generous length of the end of the thread. Insert the thread through the loop of the threader wire. Allow the thread to relax as the threader wire is again rocked gently back. Remove the needle threader and store it in its keeper, with one or two spare needles.
Our Needle Threader can thread a #12 needle. The keeper is a sterling silver tube, large enough to store a couple of needles. It is on a safety chain with a clasp at the top, to connect to a neck chain or chatelaine. Length is about 11cm long including the clasp
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Small Butterfly
NTK.731 $100
1019.NTK $280, Nine gems
State color preferences for gems. #1019 Looks great with pearl in center.
Other Styles of Needle Threaders Not shown Without Gem=$100 With Gem=$120 NTK.937 Jinny Beyer Logo NTK 967.G Jinny Beyer w/gem NTK.700 Lacy Heart NTK.841.G Lacy Heart Gem NTK.702 Angel NTKI.730 Large Butterfly NTK.874.G Gem of Hearts NTK.783 Pansy NTK.934 Open Hearts Circle
AMAZING GRACE THIMBLES—Special Note The 150-year-old church I attend must have its antiquated heating and cooling system replaced. My pledge to the building fund is income from the Amazing Grace style thimbles until completion of the project. Besides the domed top and recessed top thimbles, a third style, not illustrated, has a gemstone set in its top. Current selection of gems includes two set with high dome amethyst cabochons, one with faceted rose quartz, one with a cabochon moonstone with carved face, one with low dome opal doublet. Each is $150.