Basketfull

Hubby is always charity shopping and keeps his eyes out for thimbles he found this basketful.

It had some amazing ones in it. Mostly a good portion of the WWF set.

cottage thimbles - ebay

My recent royal purchases. 

One on the right is coronation 2nd June 1953 the other duchess of York and princess Elizabeth and princess Margaret.

So my royal rack is looking pretty good. 

This isn't all of them but a nice display of some of my favourites.

How do you display and house your collection?

Anniversary

It was our anniversary recently and I asked hubby for some royal thimbles.

 

I got 2 batches from ebay all were individual buy it now but with having the postage combined and for ones I rreally wanted it wasn't bad prices.

 

I got these from one seller all look fairly old ones nice pictures and inscriptions on the back.

 

 These I got from another seller Miss Mouse's store and thimble corner (prospectjean) gave a stellar service. They were helpful as hubby put through 2 of the same thimble. They then sent them really fast and packed really well. And even sent one extra which is very nice of them. So I would highly recommend them.

Mostly they are royal ones with a couple extra and mostly Sutherland thimbles too.

Cottage thimbles - Royal

I have been looking on Cottage thimbles a few times, with it being one of the few places to get thimbles. I then saw some on sale for a pound each so thought that I'd give them a go. Now I'm over the moon with the thimbles. However it took them 10 days to even dispatch them from my order, which seems a long time these days. It then came and I'm missing a thimble. They have said that it will be sent but it is a bit annoying to have waited all this time for it to arrive with one missing.

I am happy with the additions to my royal collection. Mostly by the free thimble they offer every  month. This months being:

How cute is that. Can't wait for the ones with the proper details on to turn up.