ok, heres my take on pounce, it works ok, BUT...
first one has to moisten the stencil, then pounce, if one doesnt then the powder goes everywhere and one loses their important sewing line. alsew, i dont like cleaning up after it, its a bit, oily...i use www.goldenthreads.com tissue paper on a roll, ill copy the pattern onto the paper, pin it to my quilt, sew thru the paper, and remove the paper. its kind of a pain too, but, i like it better. wish you luck
katz

Hey - I like that idea!!!

Panty hose?? What are those? :) Oh yeah..... those expensive, sheer, one-time wear things that we could not leave the house without!!! While sorry for the factories that used to make them.....I am sooooo glad that they went out of style!

I marked a queen quilt with white iron-off pounce chalk. I used stencils that I designed on vellum, then hand punched holes into with a size 14 sewing machine needle. I changed my mind THREE times on how I wanted to mark my top, and ironed it off twice. The 3rd time as the charm and it is now on my frame being hand quilted. It stays on well and irons off like a charm. You do need to practice a wee bit before you use it so you get the rubbing (not pouncing) correct and you need to carefully lift your stencil to see if a sufficient amount of chalk came through...or at least I did. I am quite happy with the white, but had to use a wash-off marking pencil on the lighter parts of my quilt. Hope this helps!

slivers of bath soap works for the dark fabrics

I agree, they really should have come up with a better name. I used the white one that has to be ironed off when longarm quilting and it worked well.

I have used both the white and blue pounce. The white comes off with the heat of a steam iron and stays on long enought to quilt the quilt. I used the blue on white fabric and it did not come out completely when I ironed it; however, I have not washed the quilt. Like both of them.

I have used the iron off powder and it seems to work just fine. Just my experience.

I just buy the cheapest notebook paper I can find (tears away easy, usually from the dollar store) and draw my lines on it, pin it to the quilt, and follow the lines. I am new at this so I use what works.

I tried it. Did not like it. To messy & it came off the fabric.