Quilt Pounce and stencils
 

I ordered this about 2 weeks ago, and it finally got here ... I've wanted to try this for a while!

It's certainly a lot faster than tracing!

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Added some more stencils, shook it off ... and voila ... my last practice piece before I start the real thing!

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looks great! I have tried the pounce but we didn't get along :D

I love that its a much quicker way to mark, but I could never keep the markings from wiping off before I got to them have you found a solution for marks rubbing off?

The solution I have for regular pounce not rubbing off is spraying it with hair spray, the cheapest stuff you can find. I have never tried the ultimate pounce, the kind you have to iron off.

Another trick I have learned is I mix the blue with white so the blue isn't as intense and diluted. Some people have reported problems with the blue washing out but I have never had an issue. Again I have only done this with the regular pounce not the ultimate.

I bought the white ultimate one so I could compare the two. Will post results when I try them out!

I will also update this thread when I do the sewing as to how long the chalk stayed on. I do think it will be pretty good because I put the batting and the backing on, spray basted it on both sides, rubbed my hands all over it, and it still stayed. So here's hoping

Thanks for the hints. I have tried the pouncing method and gotten uneven results. I think it may be user error. Going to try some of these ideas.

Is this the new powder that vanishes with the iron? Got some at the last quilt show in Des Moines but haven't used it yet. Also picked up their pencils that vanishes with the iron.

Most don't know you have to Pounce it hard as you can for a 100 or more times before using for the first time. That makes all the difference. The guy demoing it pounced it as hard as he could on a flat surface. LOL I love Pounce marking pencils too.

I got this when at the AQS show in Daytona in February, the guy demonstrating also said once you have got the chalk into the pounce, to sweep it across the stencil rather than pouncing it down, that way you don’t get as much loose powder, I have used it and was pleased with it. I got the pencils which are supposed to iron off and find they have left a shadow on fabric.

I have finished quilting it, and the chalk is still there. I didn't use anything to keep it on (hairspray, etc.). Just "au naturel".

Sweeping it across is the best way, otherwise chalk is flying everywhere.

I received a free bounce pad and powdered chalk when I ordered my last sewing machine. Never could get the silly thing to work right!

Of course, because you stated you bought the "Ultimate Pounce" which only comes off with application of heat or washing.

As I stated in my previous reply you only need to use the hairspray on the old fasioned regular chalk pounce, not the "Ultimate" which you bought. Additionally, do not combine Ultimate Pounce which goes away with heat (iron, hair dryer set on hot or washing) with the regular blue pounce. As far as I know white is the only color that Ultimate Pounce comes in, the blue is still regular chalk. So please do not dilute the two as I suggested unless you have white that is not Ultimate Pounce. I have no idea what combining the two will do if one is ultimate and the other is colored regular. The heat needed to remove the Ultimate, could very well set the blue dye in the blue one.

My experience and suggestions above were only for regular pounce not the ultimate

Spraying with hairspray, mixing the two etc, can change the chemical composition of one or the other or could do nothing, I have no idea. Which is why I emphasized the difference between the two.

After pouncing the Pounce before first use, then you only have to swipe across stencil. There is a youtube video how to do it right the first time. I use the Pounce for applique placement too. The new chalk stays on the fabric.

Feline - I didn't use the ultimate for this one - I used the blue, not sure why it doesn't look blue, but it is.

I have the ultimate but haven't used it yet. I said I had bought it, and would test it. The picture I posted shows what I used - and I even wrote on it - does not iron off.

Is the powder in your blue dispenser actually blue? It totally looks white in the pics which is why I assumed you used the Ultimate in your practice piece. My blue pounce is blue, Really blue like robins egg blue, which is why I dilute it. I am wondering if they may have shipped you something different. When I ordered mine, the chalk powder was not already in the pouncer. It came in a plastic bag and I had to load my pouncer (which I don't use the full bag in the pouncer). The regular stuff rubs off really easily which is why I am wondering. In fact, when I use it on my longarm, it can bounce right off the surface of the quilt without treating it some way. But I also use traditional stencils, not the special ones that are made by full line stencil company made specifically for pounce pads.

Here is a pic of a quilt while it is on the rack. The circling cranes is a stencil I marked using a half and half of blue and white regular pounce and you can still clearly see the bright blue in the quilting.
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Feline Fanatic ... here's a pic of the pounce ...

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The ultimate one is still packaged, I was going to send them back if I didn't like it, but I am very pleased with it.

I wonder if it's because I "swiped" instead of "pounced" my quilt top? I really don't know ... I'm going to be doing another one (as soon as my fabric arrives LOL), so I'll see what happens the next time.