Thank you everyone. I played with it last night, read all directions first. Got out some leftover fabric to play with = learning curve. Snapped the fabric as the paper said to find which way went where. Then placed on the cutter with the mat on top. I want to do rough cutting today, someone said that is what they do to save fabric. I can see where it would be a lot less waste that way, especially on certain dies like the circles that are right up the middle of the 10 x 10 die. The one mat has cut marks in different places due to the fabric covering the edge of the die. I wanted to use what I consider yucky fabric as learning stuff instead of using my fav fabrics.
Overall it is a fun toy.