Innovative Hand Applique, Piecing and Quilting Without Pain with Liuxin Newman

Welcome to the Thimblelady’s Online Quilting Store!

Hi, my name is Liuxin Newman and I’m the Thimblelady.

My passion is fine hand quilting and appliqué without pain! My methods, my products, my innovations and my classes are all aimed at helping you sew beautifully and pain-free! And now in addition to my online store I have a quilt shop in Thornleigh, Sydney.

Hand Quilting, Needleturn Appliqué, Magic Square Piecing; Dress Making and more...

Come and join me for private tuition on any subjects of sewing. Take a look my work in the Gallery. I teach online by videos and private tuition to Friends via Skype or at the Shop/Club/Studio at Thornleigh. How to book? Here is an example, saw the top or a quilt in the gallery or at the shop or want to perfect some techniques, book a tuition (can be as short as 5min, book as long as you want). The tuition can also be shared with a few friends of your choice.Read more...

 DIY machine quilting service

We've got a computer guided automatic long arm quilting machine at the shop/Club for Friends to DIY your own quilt! Come to see our Free Q-bot demo. You can operate the automatic machine quilting robot to finish all your quilt tops by yourself at less than half of the usual cost!Read more or book now.

Quilty gifts

Are you looking for that perfect quilty gift? Then how about one of the fine gift items I and some of my fellow quilters have made. Or perhaps my amazing Magic Marker, Thimblelady lap hoop, a Thimblelady Thimble or a Magic Square kit? And don’t forget my books, DVDs and kits for those who can’t get to my classes.

One on One Tuition/Consultation with Thimblelady

Book a One-on-One session with Thimblelady all for yourself or friends of your choice! You can achieve so mcuh more with teacher's undivided attention all for yourself. Cut an hour long tuition into a number of sessions to get the guidance you need at each and every step of your quilt making whether it is to perfect a technique, get professional advice and critic on a design, or to just have all your questions and concerns answered personally by Thimblelady in the privacy of your choice.

Bookings by phone (0291445659 or 8411 1151). Starting from $10/5mins or online.

The Thimblelady has all your other quilting and appliqué needs…

Take a look around my store. You’ll find just about everything:

• Sewing needles: Thimblelady's unique fine needles made of surgical steel and other essential needles: Sashiko needles for decorative stitching, self-threading needles for wool, ultra long needles (12cm/4.5in long).
• threads – silk for applique, piecing and machine quilting; cotton for hand quilting; Sashiko thread and lycra elastic thread.
• batting: Hobbs Tuscany wool (reson bonded best for hand quilting); Cotton batting (for machine quilting and polyester batting for machine quilting).
• fabric – including fine Japanese textiles
• books and DVDs and patterns:
• silicone needle grabbers:
• plastic, stainless steel and silver Thimblelady thimbles
• lap quilting hoops
• stitch regulators, Magic Squares, Magic Seam Folder, silicone marking board and magnifiers.
• Bag making accessories: clutches, clasps, D ring, lock, zippers and zipper heads, bag straps, jut to name a few!

Become Thimblelady Friends online and offline– it pays to shop with the Thimblelady.

Join us in our creative sewing club for dedicated quilters and sewers. Learn how to quilt and everything about creative sewing and buy at a 10- 30% discount exclusively for members! Read more... 

Tell quilters around you about Thimblelady's website and Sydney Shop; Help your friends to enjoy Thimblelady's fine products and innovative tools - and be rewarded!

Once you have made an online order with Thimblelady, the order ID number will be your unique code. Tell your friends and people you've introduced to mention your code number or Friend ID # when making an order online. Because we reward both our Affiliate and Friends and our new customers.

The reward is in store credit to both the affiliate/Friend and the new customer who let us know the affiliate and friend who has introduced them to Thimblelady! Each will receive a 10% of the first online order total of every new customer.

Here is a real example: Friend, Linda has made a beautiful Magic Square quilt. Quilters and friends around her wanted to know how. She showed them how to make magic squares. Now Friends bought a package ($140) each. A $14 off each $140-package her friends bought is now saved into her online account as store credit. Her friends who have made the order with Linda's code # also received $14 each as store credit in their new accounts with Thimblelady! Read more...