HancyWhite Quilt Pounce Pad Chalk

This Hancy 4-Ounce Quilt Pounce Pad with Chalk Powder, White, works great for my purposes.I have used a chalk roller for years in my sewing but never a pounce pad. However, I am making masks every day now and cutting multiple layers of fabric at a time. I am using a thick, cardstock, pattern piece and have been drawing around it onto the fabric using a chalk pencil or a pen. When I saw this, I thought it might make the process much faster and easier and it does.This is basically a shallow, plastic, container that is open on the bottom and covered with faux lambswool. There is a hole in the top and you fill it with the included, powdered chalk. The chalk works its way through the lambswool and you can rub it on your fabric through a stencil or around a durable pattern piece to mark the stitching or cutting lines.While this is marketed as a tool for quilters, you have to understand the nature of the chalk. The chalk will come off pretty easily so if you are trying to mark a large quilt, you will have to spray the chalk markings with hairspray to keep them in place until you stitch because otherwise, the chalk will come off before you even get the whole quilt marked.For me, it works perfectly. Mask pieces are fairly small and I just mark a row of pieces with the chalk and then cut them out before marking another row. The chalk stays on long enough for that and it's so much faster than drawing around the pattern piece by hand.Note that when filling the pouncer initially, it will take some time to get the chalk worked into the lambswool. The directions in the package are very good so follow them. Subsequent chalk fillings take less time.

Arrived on time. Bought the white one to be able to use it once I begin quilting my predominately dark-colored quilt. I have only used it once before in a class, but it was a huge help with stenciled patterns.

This rub off powder does not stick to the quilt long enough to see where the lines are. Also the vibration of the machine makes the powder jump and move. Ended up on the quilting foot and I can imagine after using for a long time that it would work its way down in the bobbin area. There is another powder that is supposed to adhere better. It's an iron off. I may try that before I give up on this method. Would recommend the pounce but be careful to choose the correct powder.

This is a must for any seamstress that uses templets.

Great chalk, easy to use

Learning curve, I practice quite a bit before I used it and found very messy, hard to keep powder off other parts of my project. I did find it easy to use, just did not like the results. I notice on You Tube the person demonstrating the product had powder in areas not intended as well. I would use again in a pinch though. Maybe if I used it a lot, I would feel different.

This pounce works great for marking parts at our facility. We have metal guides with lines EDM cut into them and we find that using a pounce it great for marking the sew lines on the parts. I do not know the life span of these yet, but so far I have not seen any signs of wear.

It's difficult to write a review on a product I'm not able to use... however, I believe if I could use this it would be amazing! I won't use this because I'm making a quilt that I will NOT be washing, and I did not see that this product should be used on objects that you can wash in order to ensure that the chalk product will come out 100%. I did not take the chance on my quilt because again, I do not plan to wash it; I will be hanging it on a wall. My friend LOVES her pink Pounce Pad, which is why I purchased this!