Originally Posted by
auntpiggylpn
There is no reason not to cover the whole die with your mat. There is a GOOD reason to cover the entire die with your mat and that is the blades should never be uncovered when passing through your machine as the pressure from the rollers push down onto the die and will touch your rollers.
I really don't mean to be argumentative - the roller will not touch the blades while the die is traveling under the roller. Place your fabric that you want to cut just over the shape you want to cut. Place the GO! cutting mat over the fabric that you want cut. Here is a perfect example of what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYh268wPzUE