crashnquilt

If you want to use the pounce chalk, instead of using the pad, of which I will send you free of charge, I put the chalk in a bowl and use those cheap foam brushes from the paint department. Works much better.

I know I will probably hear some flack for this one, but I prefer to use Crayola's Washable Markers with the fine tip. Knock on wood I have not had any issue with the marks not coming out.

My second choice for marking is the Bohin or SewFine mechanical pencil leads. They are made from ceramic and mark very easy. I have used all colors of the leads and have only had an issue with the graphite/black lead. It did NOT wash out at all! All the other colors have washed out nicely.

My third choice is the Blue Water Soluable marker. I have had good luck with this marker as well. Just DO NOT use any kind of heat after you have marked. Heat will set the marker.

My last choice is the purple air soluable marker. Being air removes the markings you can take it from there. I have had the markings disappear as soon as an hour or as long as 48 hours. It all depends on your weather at the time.

I hope this helps.

Holice

the Meacle chalk pounce which is the iron off......swipe the eraser over it don't....pound the chalk in.

Holice

You might also show the spray stencil marking. It works but needs to be used in a venelated room.

Lori S

Getting a good "pounce" to show is really getting a good prime on the pad. I have used it and really like it, much less time than a regular draw on. The white goes away quite easliy. As someone mentioned its best to smear it over the stencil rather than a real pounce. The blue is not an iron off. ... and there is a toss up , get a really good line to follow and then its more work getting the chalk off, or go with a faint "pounce" and its easy to get off ... but may not stay for quite as long as you would like it to.

the casual quilter

I always "cut" the blue chalk with white chalk. I mix the white chalk with about 25% to 30% blue and I pounce very lightly. When I'm finished, I use a Swiffer cloth to remove the chalk.

fabric_fancy

i use the white iron off chalk and for light colored fabrics i use the glow in the dark chalk with a black light.

both work great and i use them all the time. its much faster to use a pounce to mark then drawing all the lines in a stencil.

Laura3

Do the lines from the lead pencils come out easily? Do you wash?, or do you have to pretreat?
Thanks...