Originally Posted by
quiltstringz
Sweet - At my sit n sew one of the girls has one and brought it to show us. She had a trick for the mats: she stuck down a piece of template plastic and then sprays that and sticks it to her fabric to cut. She said it made her mats last a lot longer and if she had to replace the template plastic it was much cheaper than the mat.
If you are talking about the Go,the mats are not that expensive to be that drastic in saving them. My mats last a long time. If they are cracked I use it on a die where the cracked part isn't part of the cut. When using my rag die, the middle of the mat stays unused, perfect for another die. I move the mat a smidgen with each cut so it isn't cutting on the same spot each time. I figured out the mats last longer then a rotary blade. I save practicality for other areas of my life. I may use a die only one time and that is fine with me because I needed it that one time.