Wow, lots of strong feelings about Pounce and other marking tools. I bought a Pounce too after it was demoed. It did not work well for me either. I have asthma and so I can't use sprays. I thought the Pounce would be great because I would swipe it over my design. It turned out the blue chalk causes my skin to tingle and blue dust did get everywhere. My biggest problem is finding the one tool that will allow me to see my designs while I quilt on fabric with multi color print that includes black and white as well as colors. I had hoped Pounce would have been it but it was a dud. I have success with the blue marking pen. The purple pen disappears too quickly and the marking is too light to see when I quilt. The chalk pencils tips keeps breaking when I sharpen them as well as while I am marking even with very little pressure. The silver pencil doesn't come off the fabric eraser even though it is suppose to. I recently bought a marking pen that looks like a gel pen. As it dries the markings shows up in a matte white. It doesn't rub off and it instantly comes off with iron. I was impressed and hoped that it will come out in other colors soon.