I have one and I love it. All I do is pat it to the stencil a couple of times until the powder comes out and then rub it all over the section that I want to mark and then quilt it and I have pressed it off. It will come off in the wash or you can use a damp cloth, not wet, just damp. Love mine but want to find the powder in diffrent colors so I can mark the light colors. I will no doubt buy a new pounce thing also, then I'd have one for lights and one for darks. They do have the dark available I do believe I saw some at joann.com site Have a great day, Huggies, Fay