Anyone Use a Pounce to Mark Tops??
09-27-2011, 06:06 AM
#51
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I love my pounce!! I lap quilt with a hoop & do a small section at a time. I have to put a book or something hard under to mark. Thats a little irksome but all in all I love it. Have only used the white so far.
09-27-2011, 06:07 AM
#52
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I have mixed feelings about mine. I use the white iron off powder and it does iron off very nicely, but I find it only shows up on really dark fabric. And you use quite a bit of the powder for each quilt. The swiping part can really mess up a stencil, especially an intricate one with small points etc.
09-27-2011, 06:08 AM
#53
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I find that most of my quilts are not dark, dark, so the chalk is hard to see. I think I am going to try the pilot pens mentioned here. I too hate marking my quilts, but when I do, I am pleased with the end result.
09-27-2011, 06:30 AM
#56
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Originally Posted by duckydo
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/pounce.htm there is a video on u tube on using the pounce pad. Here it is
09-27-2011, 06:42 AM
#57
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Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Originally Posted by jljack
I have tried and tried to make mine work, to no avail!!! They make it look so easy at the shows, but I cannot make it work.
09-27-2011, 07:18 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by pahappel
You may laugh, but I have successfully used kids wash out markers by Crayola to mark quilts. Washes out with no trouble. I do test my fabric first. They have a little heavier line than the blue/purple markers so easier to see
09-27-2011, 08:04 AM
#59
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Originally Posted by Barb C.
I have recently gone on a shop hop. In one store they
demo-ed a pen. As they wrote on the fabric, it just looked like a pen. To erase the marks you just iron them and they disappear. They told us that the pen is heat sensitive, so it shouldn't be left laying where it is hot, or in the sun.
Haven't tried it yet, but am looking forward to using it.
The pen is made by Pilot. Name on it is FRI X ION. Cost was $2.95.
demo-ed a pen. As they wrote on the fabric, it just looked like a pen. To erase the marks you just iron them and they disappear. They told us that the pen is heat sensitive, so it shouldn't be left laying where it is hot, or in the sun.
Haven't tried it yet, but am looking forward to using it.
The pen is made by Pilot. Name on it is FRI X ION. Cost was $2.95.
09-27-2011, 08:35 AM
#60
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Location: Nevada
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I have it and love it.! Only a couple of things I do. Iron the quilt first then spray with hairspray it will hold the chalk on your quilt till you get to it. Never Iron the chalk unless it says its ok as you will set it your quilt. I know that someone else said it but will say it again you rub not pounce! Hope this helps.
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