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    Old 05-03-2011, 01:36 AM
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    Great advice now to buy one!
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    Old 05-03-2011, 02:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by Quiltforme
    Great advice now to buy one!
    Exactly. Seems just the thing for me.
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    Old 05-03-2011, 02:49 AM
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    Save your money. I finally gave mine away after I didn't have any luck. I mark before putting it in my frame and it was gone before I could start quilting. It pounced right off before I knew what was happening.
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    Originally Posted by maine ladybug
    ... The only thing I have a problem with is that it only comes in white. So it doesn't show up well on very light colors.
    It also comes in blue, for example ...
    https://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/Pounce.php#blu]https://www.softexpressions.com/soft...Pounce.php#blu[/url]
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    Old 05-03-2011, 04:35 AM
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    I bought 2 of them, one blue and one white. The instructions it say to rub it on not pounce it on. Don't know why they call it a pounce.
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    Old 05-03-2011, 05:03 AM
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    I took a class with Pam Clarke and she demonstrated the pounce pad, there is a right and wrong side of your stencil, the rough side goes down and u can use a little spray of basting spray to hold it in place, and b4 u use it for the first time she says take it outside or in the garage and really rub the stencil to get the powder worked into the stencil, also you have to make sure the pounce pad is full of chalk, she says to put it in a plastic bag and pounce it until the pad is saturated, also the key is to rub it across the stencil. It is a personal preference, but I think it works very well. I think the reason they call it a pounce pad is to get the chalk worked into it you do have to pounce it with the cover on the pad.
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    Old 05-03-2011, 05:11 AM
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    I LOVE the iron-off chalk (Miracle or Ultimate - brand names). I make my own stencils and only use this. I have a mid-arm machine with which I push the fabric around under the needle (no frame). I pounce a limited area at one time, so the chalk doesn't lighten or disappear with handling. I even use it on very light colored fabrics - it's not the greatest, but I can still make out the image. I've removed the regular chalk in the chalk markers and put in the iron-off chalk. Then I use it to free draw designs on my quilt and can iron it off if I don't like the design.
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    I bought a pen with different colored chalk sticks. Don't buy that. To worked great but did not come out of my quilt.
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    Old 05-03-2011, 05:38 AM
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    I love the iron off chaulk too. I am a long arm quilter and I use it after it is loaded and before it is loaded. I also would like another color so it shows up on white
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    I have the blue powder and it works fine for lighter fabric. It does wear off quickly though when I'm hand quilting. :roll:
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