Originally Posted by Sephie
(Post 7901889)
I mark small sections at a time, and after marking, I spray with spray hairspray. It seems to help set the powder long enough to quilt it. |
Originally Posted by cathylynn
(Post 7902198)
didn't like the pounce - just did not work no matter how many times I ran it across the quilt! much prefer the Mark-B-Gone pens. the markings come right out with cold water.
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I think I'm going to try the hairspray trick, I haven't tried that before. That just might do it! Do they still make Aqua-Net? LOL
I did have to pound the bejebus out of my pounce pads to get them started. I actually cheated a bit and set them on top of the dryer for a couple weeks and let that vibration help shake the chalk down into the pad. It helped, but still took a LOT of pounding to get it really going. My FMQ foot is the type that "glides", rather than hopping - just the needle punching in and out of the fabric is enough to scatter the chalk lines! And of course I'd marked the whole quilt without testing anything when I discovered this. (One of these days, I will learn to test things before going whole-hog...) I really want it to work, if for no other reason than I bought a bunch of those mesh screen stencils that I really like at a show a couple years ago, and they don't seem to work with anything else! I tried my precious blue pens and no joy there. |
Originally Posted by meyert
(Post 7902179)
don't use blue! I tried that and could not get it all out. Very diappointed
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Pounce Pads
Originally Posted by lindaschipper
(Post 7901847)
Thinking about trying a Pounce Pad to mark some baby quilts. Do you "pounce" the whole quilt at one time or just a section? I'll be putting the quilts on my Grace frame and quilting with a 9" throat Janome machine. I'm thinking a section at a time?? Also is there a color of Pounce chalk to stay away from? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
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i typically only pounce registration marks, I use white only, with a foam paint brush (I keep the pounce chalk in a plastic tub and dip the brush and then knock it against the side) . Only mark what you will quilt on that part that you will quilt on that roll of the quilt .
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