My trouble with the pounce pad was keeping the marked lines from disappearing.while I am hand quilting. Now, after marking, I spritz with a little hair spray after marking just to "set" the chalk. I've had no trouble with the lines coming out in the wash.

Interesting conversation! I've learned a lot here. I must say it's easier for me to use Glad Press n seal. Stick it down, re-position if needed, draw with my stencil & permanent pen then off I go. Comes right off. Easy peasy.

You have to slam the pounce a couple of times before swiping. I watched DH of the couple that owns the company of the Pounce demo it. He said SLAM the pounce several times, get the chalk saturated in the pad. He really slammed it. He had everyone use it on a stencil. The ones that were complaining it didn't work were not slamming it so the pad was not getting saturated. They left happy.

when i tried it i swiped or swept it. not much showed. i ended up pouncing like crazy. Then later gave it all away.

I went to the AQS show where this was being demonstrated. The seller said that in order to saturate the pad, you should pounce it at least 50 times, then 50 more. He demonstrated with a new pad and it worked fine.

Don't try the Glad press n seal on fleece. I love it on cotton though.

I bought one after trying it at a quilt show years ago. The only fabric I could ever get it to show properly on was batiks. I do prewash my fabrics and I don't know if it would work better on unwashed fabrics or not. I gave it all away to a quilting buddy.... asked her a few years ago if she had tried it.... no... but she still had it, thinking she might :D Sorry for your frustrations and hope you can get it to work for you.

I recently got a Pounce Pad with regular white chalk. I did like the instructions say, slam it on the table 50 times, fill it some more and slam it 50 more times. It wipes on very nicely, it just doesn't stay on very well. I think it may be better for marking as I work on my longarm. It comes off too easily for bunching up and quilting on my regular machine. I've heard that the iron-off pounce is better than the regular chalk. I'd like to try it.

Annette, try giving it a light coating of hairspray (the aerosol kind- I use AquaNet). It sets the chalk while you work, but washes out. It's what I do when I want to use a stencil for hand quilting.

I tried Glad Press n Seal and it was a mess. The paper stuck in the stitches and leaving about 1/4" pieces all in the quilting. This has been some years ago, has the Press n Seal changed?