I just bought Invisigrip for the back of my ruler and it makes them less slippery. You could try that on the back of your template to make it less slippery or any other of the non skid methods from QB members. I find that if I put my smaller cutting Matt (6X10) on top of my big one, then I can turn the little one as needed for changing the cutting angle. Any template that you have to cut around the entire circumfirance is tricky unless you can spin it on the cutting matt, UNLESS you are lucky enough to have the rotating cutting matt.