There was a lady on here the other day that says the scan n cut does more than applique I pmed her but haven't heard back as she seemed to really love the scanncut for quilting. I have a sizzix and am looking to get the scanncut soon. The negative to the die cutters are the expensive dies, and the scanncut is more versatile in that you can resize things. I do believe it comes with quilt block shapes. I wouldn't use it to cut strips, but I haven't used my die cutter either as I find the june tailor shape cut pro the best for strips and faster. I would search for the other thread from a few days ago was almost identical to this