From what sassy does to use the cricut that is just way to much work. I have the Go and I love it. There really isn't that much waste if you lay your fabric out right. It saves alot of time. I had bags of scraps from years ago and in one after noon I used the started dies that come with the Go and cut different size squares and put them in a small tote and it has been a great go to for when I needed it. Rather it has been for piecing or for appliqueing or embroidering but at least I know what I have. You can use the strip cutter to make strips and then cut squares too. I recently got the tumbler to make a quilt for my GS and I love the rag quilter the best of all. Even if you had 2in octagon pieces to cut you could use the 2in strip dies and then just cut the tips off and you'd still save so much time than cutting all of those pieces.