I use a foam paint brush to swipe on chalk in small spaces to quilt (I will usually draw registration marks with a chalk pen that doesn't bounce off but can still be wiped off with a net scrubbie" to line my stencil up first). There are some quilts that have a netting in the cut-out lines and with those you have to swipe with an actual pounce pad. I have used hair spray to "set" it for longer, but use cheap spray (like plain old AquaNet) and use a light hand.