I tend to agree that a lot of notions you can do without, but if you have them try to use them before you pass them on to others. The pounce makes a mess in my opinion. The mechanical chalk pencils that Nancy Notions sells in pink, yellow, and gray are horrible - the chalk is so breakable you barely touch the fabric and the chalk breaks - but on the other hand I use the mechanical chalk pencil by Fons & Porter with ease and I can't do without it for marking where I do not want to use a regular pencil. Most thimbles have been a waste to me - when you find a favorite stick with it and don't keep buying more! I love the little tools for making bias vines and such by clover.